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...The Republicans on his committee, especially senators Arlen Specter, Orrin Hatch and Alan Simpson, easily outmanoeuvred him....
...He was referring to the three moderate Republicans whose support was critical to the stimulus passing: Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania....
...William Kristol, the editor of the Weekly Standard, the conservative journal, said Mr Mukasey was a solid choice....
...Senator Arlen Specter, head of the judiciary committee, said a New York Times report on Sunday – denied by the White House – had all the hallmarks of accuracy....
...Specter’s timely advice to Roberts Even as Washington paid its respects to William Rehnquist, attention was turning to what kind of chief justice John Roberts, the president’s choice to succeed him, might...
...While senators, mayors, governors and others have served on the high court in the past, the only other justice without experience as a judge before joining the Supreme Court is William Rehnquist, the chief...
...Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate judiciary committee, said he had already spoken with Bill Frist, the majority leader, about the timetable for confirmation hearings on her successor and said his committee...
...“The new chief justice will have his work cut out to try and bring consensus to the court,” said Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate judiciary committee....
...William Rehnquist, the long-serving US chief justice, failed to announce his resignation as the Supreme Court went into recess until October 3, confounding for the moment speculation he would step down....
...Arlen Specter should be enjoying his re-election to the US Senate and looking forward to his tenure as chairman of the judiciary committee....
...It is why Supreme Court confirmations (and there will be one this year, should the ailing chief justice, William Rehnquist, retire) have come to resemble poisonous election campaigns....
...As soon as his victory was confirmed, Arlen Specter, the incoming chairman of the Senate judiciary committee, warned the president against choosing a far-right nominee....
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