Arlen Specter Quotes on Law & Regulation (13 Quotes)

Chief Justice Rehnquist's death marks the passing of a great American. For more than three decades he left a deep imprint on American law. It has been a profound experience to know him personally.

I believe there is substantial doubt as to how he would apply fundamental principles of constitutional law.

It's a restraint of trade for them to do that, and the thought crosses my mind, it might be a violation of antitrust laws,

Judge Roberts has projected a very unique persona as he has talked about modesty and humility,

this was my case. I had organized, nurtured and developed it. I was the lead plaintiff and had participated in the legal preparation and court arguments at every stage.

It is my hope that the president will now send us a nominee for Justice O'Connor's spot in the mold of Judge Roberts,

Wait a minute. They may be misleading, but they are his answers, ... You may finish, Judge Roberts.

He will enforce the laws, no matter what his personal opinion may be.

Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress

I think that the criterion ought to be Who's the best person available for the job And many of us have called for a nominee who comes from a background other than one of being a jurist. And now we have a person who is like that. ... You've got to go to America to find lawyers, and Dallas is as good a place as any to find lawyers.

These decisions pose two major problems, ... A lack of stability or predictability in the law because the two cases, decided three years apart, are virtually indistinguishable and, two, the court's judicial activism in functioning as a super legislature.

Judge Roberts, in your confirmation hearing for the circuit court, your testimony read to this effect, and it's been widely quoted Roe is the settled law of the land. Do you mean settled for you, settled only for your capacity as a circuit judge, or settled beyond that

There is no doubt about the value of investigative reporting to the public interests in exposing corruption, malfeasance, misconduct, waste ... there are weighty considerations on law enforcement, on their point of view, and national security interests. A