Sen. Specter, Judiciary Panel Chair, Has Cancer
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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, a treatable cancer of the lymph system, his office announced on Wednesday.
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U.S. Chief Justice William  Rehnquist, 80, has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and is in  the hospital after undergoing a tracheotomy, the Supreme Court  said in a statement on Monday.
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Critics seeking to keep moderate  Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter from chairing the Senate  Judiciary Committee were broadening their offensive on Friday  by attacking his record on curbing lawsuits.
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Senator Arlen Specter called the meeting with Commissioner Roger Goodell a âprivate conversationâ and stopped short of saying if the judiciary committee would call anyone to testify.
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The battle over the incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee intensified yesterday, as Republican Arlen Specter reassured his doubters that he will not block anti-abortion nominees to the Supreme Court.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman  Arlen Specter said on Wednesday he was proposing a $140 billion  trust fund to compensate asbestos victims while ending their  right to sue for damages.
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A court spokesman says the 80-year-old plans to sit out the two-week cycle of Supreme Court arguments that starts Monday. Next week will be the sixth week that Rehnquist has been forced to skip, as he&#39;s treated for thyroid cancer.
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The Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, said today that he was troubled by Senator Arlen Specter's recent remarks about potential judicial nominees.
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A court spokesman said the 80-year-old plans to sit out the two-week cycle of Supreme Court arguments that starts Monday. Next week will be the sixth week that Rehnquist has been forced to skip, as he&#39;s treated for thyroid cancer.
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Monday's announcement that Chief Justice William Rehnquist is being treated for thyroid cancer was a reminder of one man's mortality - and of how a single vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court could change the dynamics of the divided panel.
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Sen. Arlen Specter gained ground Tuesday toward winning the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was thrown into doubt after he said judges who oppose abortion rights would face confirmation problems.
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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice  William Rehnquist has been hospitalized with thyroid cancer,  the court said Monday.
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Raising the gavel with a grin, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter opened his first hearing Thursday by allowing more criticism of the Bush administration than his predecessor and by questioning some of the Patriot Act's police powers.
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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist has been hospitalized with thyroid cancer, the court said Monday.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was hospitalized last weekend after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, the US Supreme Court announced yesterday
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The B-movie actress allegedly murdered by music producer Phil Spector was &quot;tearful and depressed&quot; in the months before her death, a Los Angeles court heard Wednesday.
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Arlen Specter on Thursday won the backing of Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans to be their new chairman, surviving complaints from abortion opponents after submitting an extraordinary statement underscoring his support for Bush judicial nominees.