Supplant Specter: Bush needs better judiciary chairman
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REPUBLICAN US Senate leaders have a chance to give a renegade member the treatment he deserves. Liberal Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn.
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WASHINGTON â Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey got a harsh reception on Wednesday from senators of both parties, who used his appearance on Capitol Hill to accuse the Bush administration yet again of contempt for the rule of law and American values. But they told Mr. Mukasey he was a big improvement over his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzalez.
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The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial may ask jurors to consider a lesser charge, after they fail to reach a verdict.
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Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who expects to head the Judiciary Committee next year, moved yesterday to quell an uproar over comments that were widely interpreted as warning President
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The Bush administration should expect tougher oversight of its war-on-terrorism strategy and perhaps some all-expense-paid tickets to Iraq to help train the corrupt police force there, the incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday.
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The White House expressed confidence Sunday that President Bush's judicial nominees will get a fair hearing in the Senate, despite comments from Republican Sen. Arlen Specter that anti-abortion judges were unlikely to be confirmed by the newly elected Senate.
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Does Senator Arlen Specter have a specter of a chance now that the emboldened conservative , Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is out to stop his possible Chairmanship to the Senate Judiciary Committee?
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Sen. Arlen Specter gained ground Tuesday toward winning the Senate Judiciary Committee chairmanship, which was thrown into doubt after he said judges who oppose abortion rights would face confirmation problems in the Senate.
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Despite Republican gains, President Bush's picks for potential vacancies on the Supreme Court will face "political firestorm" in the Senate, the Bush administration's former chief lawyer at the high court said Thursday.
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Ordinarily, Sen. Rick Santorum might figure to be Sen. Arlen Specter's most public of allies in a fierce and ultimately successful battle for the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, one Pennsylvania Republican aiding another in a classic Capitol power struggle.
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. urged Congress to raise the pay of federal judges in a year-end report that emphasized improving communications with Capitol Hill and the White House.
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Sen. Arlen Specter on Thursday won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee&#39;s Republicans to be their chairman next year, surviving complaints from abortion opponents
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Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee wants to discuss why the N.F.L. destroyed all evidence of the Patriotsâ video-taping incident in the season opener.
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Conservative opponents of Sen. Arlen Specter's bid to become Senate Judiciary Committee chairman are flooding Republican committee members with calls demanding he be passed over.
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Roger Goodell said heâd be willing to meet with Senator Arlen Specter, who sent a letter the previous day asking why tapes shot by the Patriots in the cheating scandal were destroyed.
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Sen. Arlen Specter, a defender of  abortion rights, gained the support on Thursday of fellow  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, effectively  winning his fight to chair the panel that reviews judicial  nominees.
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Sen. Arlen Specter pledged on Monday  not to oppose Supreme Court nominees just because they are  anti-abortion as the moderate Republican fought to keep alive  his bid to head the Senate panel that oversees judicial  nominations.