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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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Hoping to save his upcoming Judiciary Committee chairmanship, Sen. Arlen Specter plans to argue directly to the panel's Republican membership that he can be the best steward of President Bush's judicial nominees in next year's Congress.
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The judge in the murder trial of rock producer Phil Spector called an early afternoon court hearing on Tuesday in response to a question by the jury, court officials said.
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Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) waged a dogged fight yesterday to win over his Republican colleagues one by one in his bid to claim the Judiciary Committee chairmanship.
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An Internet posting that appeared to threaten the judge in Phil Spector's murder trial has become the latest twist in the lurid court case.
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The murder case against record producer Phil Spector went to the jury Monday after Spector's wife sparred with the judge over a gag order and Spector himself publicly denied he had criticized the judge and jury pool.
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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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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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A legal expert says thereâs a very good chance Spector will still face jail time.
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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.
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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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To know Phil Spector is to indict him as far as a Los Angeles grand jury is concerned. Spector was in court Monday for the unsealing of a grand jury indictment that charges the reclusive
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the moderate Republican in line to head the Senate Judiciary Committee, pledged Sunday to move quickly on White House judicial nominees if he becomes chairman.
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The jury in Phil Spector's murder trial has reached what they characterized as an "impasse," the judge announced Tuesday.  After meeting with jurors, Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler decided to send them home for the night on a break. Th...
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The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial, struggling to help deadlocked jurors reach a verdict, is taking an unusual step that some legal experts say could make a conviction easily reversible on appeal.
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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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As jurors returned to deliberations in Phil Spector's murder trial Monday, the record producer's defense filed a motion asking the judge to give the panel more guidance to clarify controversial new instructions he issued last week to help break a deadlock.