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4 Nov 2007, 8:05 am
Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official website] said Sunday that he will support the nomination [CNN transcript] of former federal judge Michael Mukasey [WH profile; JURIST news archive] as US attorney general. [read post]
11 Feb 2012, 3:49 pm by Glenn Reynolds
MICHAEL WALSH: “A specter is haunting America — the specter of violence that challenges the notion of civil discourse and threatens our democracy. [read post]
28 Apr 2009, 10:42 am
Specter's defection, hoping no one would notice? [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 6:41 pm
Is Attorney General Michael Mukasey still comporting himself with the imperious demeanor of an Article III judge? [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 5:16 am
(On the other hand, as Michael Dorf pointed out earlier this week, Specter's move could also make it more difficult to win confirmation of Obama's judicial nominations.)Fair enough. [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 12:03 pm by Jessie Canon
  “We are delighted to welcome Arlen Specter to Penn Law,” said University of Pennsylvania Law School Dean Michael A. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 9:14 am
The New Yorker This week in the magazine, Michael Specter looks at Portugal a decade after it decriminalized personal drug use. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 6:20 am
The Architect is not optimistic about the GOP's chances of retaking the House, but Blanche Lincoln, Michael Bennet, Arlen Specter, Beau Biden and Chris Dodd should be very worried.And ReverseTheVote.org has raised more... [read post]
5 May 2008, 7:00 am
Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) has an op-ed that begins, "Attorney General Michael Mukasey is wrong when he says we do not need a federal media shield law. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 11:31 am
Michael Fox and Politico discuss the ramifications of Senator Arlen Specter's recently announced opposition. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 5:50 am
Michael Scherer writes on Salon's '08 Roadies blog: The clock is ticking on the Iowa caucuses, with just 22 days before zero hour, which means it's time to address the ever-present specter of electoral fraud. [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 10:08 pm
Michael Dorf (via Legal Insurrection) points out that the Pennsylvania Senator's party switch might actually assist Republicans in mounting opposition to judicial nominations because of a peculiar Judiciary Committee rule: "breaking (the equivalent of) a filibuster in the Senate Judiciary... [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 5:59 am
The dog fighting scandal that has surrounded Michael Vick of late has brought the specter of animal cruelty regulation into the forefront of many prosecutors and law enforcement officers in the country.The Humane Society of the United States has put together a resource for those faced with prosecuting the crime of Animal Cruelty.On the resource page you can findTraining OpportunitiesHelp with Cruelty CasesPublicationsGuides and Manuals for Investigating and Prosecuting Animal… [read post]
19 Aug 2008, 1:34 pm
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee leaders Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official websites] sent a letter [PDF text; press release] to Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Monday, calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to postpone implementation of new  Federal Bureau of Investigation  (FBI) [official websites] guidelines until Congress has had a chance to review the changes [read post]
26 May 2006, 9:57 am
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) was notably one of the senators opposed. [read post]