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14 Jul 2010, 4:46 pm by Erin Miller
Today Senator Arlen Specter announced in a USA Today op-ed that he will vote for Elena Kagan’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. [read post]
11 Jan 2005, 6:54 am
[JURIST] Echoing comments made last week by President Bush [JURIST report], Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter [official website; R-PA] urged Congress Tuesday to put limits on asbestos liability lawsuits. [read post]
23 Apr 2006, 4:53 pm
Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official website] Sunday urged Congress to work on passing an immigration bill [JURIST news archive] this year, despite a current lack of agreement [JURIST report]. [read post]
21 Jun 2005, 5:08 am
[JURIST] In a speech to the Philadelphia Bar Association Monday Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter [official website] implied that he does not expect to see the resignation of any Supreme Court Justice by the end of the current term. [read post]
16 May 2006, 6:50 am
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter [official biography] and conservative members of the committee [official website] have struck a deal on Specter's proposed bill [PDF text] to clarify the legality of the National Security Agency [official website] surveillance program [JURIST news archive], according to a Wednesday report in The Hill. [read post]
21 Sep 2005, 4:50 am
Arlen Specter [official website], chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee [official website], asked President Bush Wednesday to delay nominating a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor [Oyez profile]. [read post]
5 May 2010, 4:10 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Larry Ribstein spanked (IMHO) Jack Coffee and Arlen Specter at yesterday's Senate hearings on fiduciary duties of brokers. [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 4:32 am
Last week we briefly discussed the appearance at the Federalist Society convention of Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), outgoing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. [read post]
18 Jun 2009, 8:33 pm
Senator Arlen Specter wrote this week to Judge Sonia Sotomayor to get her views on judicial scrutiny of Congressional fact-finding. [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 7:11 am
On February 13, 2009, Senator Arlen Specter introduced a bill "to provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 1:57 am
Senator Arlen Specter has introduced a bill entitled the Notice Pleading Restoration Act in an effort to overrule Twombly and Iqbal. [read post]
20 Dec 2005, 1:23 pm
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter [official website] has said that he will ask US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito [JURIST news archive] about the constitutionality of President Bush's authorization of domestic spying [JURIST report]. [read post]
19 Jan 2005, 8:52 am
[JURIST] Incoming Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter [official website], R-PA, announced Wednesday that he is backing a proposed $140 billion fund to compensate asbestos victims and cap the damages liability of the companies targeted in asbestos lawsuits. [read post]
23 Mar 2006, 12:34 am
Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official website], chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive] "without congressional intervention or judicial intervention is just plain wrong. [read post]
23 Jun 2004, 4:57 pm
Senator Arlen Specter is seeking support from the Bush administration and fellow US senators for a non-binding Senate resolution calling on Iraq's interim government to put Saddam Hussein on trial "as soon as possible" following the June 30 transfer of power. [read post]