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Specter Bills Seek to Rein In Executive Power

Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) last week reintroduced three bills that he said were needed to limit presidential power and to restore the proper constitutional balance among the three branches of government. The first bill (S.875) would instruct courts not to rely on a presidential signing statement when interpreting the meaning of any statute. (Similar legislation [...]Show More Summary

Specter, Leahy Introduce Bill to “Restore” Habeas Corpus

In another sign of shifting ground in the post-election Congress, Senators Arlen Specter and Patrick Leahy yesterday introduced the “Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2006,” which would reinstate federal court jurisdiction over Guantanamo detainees and other suspected enemy combatants. Show More Summary

Odds and Ends

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) filed an amendment that would prohibit all funding for the NSA domestic surveillance program unless and until the Bush Administration keeps Congress fully and currently informed of the program as required by law. The Bush Administration welcomed the House version of the 2007 Intelligence Authorization Act for the most part, but [...]Show More Summary

The Toomey-Manchin Compromise Would Not Stop Another Newtown or Columbine

Pat Toomey and Joe Manchin are going to release their compromise at 11:00 a.m. Arlen Specter would be so proud of Pat Toomey giving the Republicans cover to go left. Toomey and Manchin will spend some time making sure everyone knows what their proposal will not do. For example, they are going to be pushing hard that the proposal won’t ban any guns, won’t take | Read More »

There?s Always One: Will Pat Toomey Help Democrats Save Gun Control? Why All Modern Politics Is National.

Somewhere, Arlen Specter is smiling. Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background checks on firearms sales to include gun shows and online transactions, Senate aides said Sunday. If completed, the effort...

Norm Coleman: Minnesota's Forgotten Man?

On a recent episode of Jeopardy!, none of the contestants could identify the state from which Coleman served as U.S. Senator and mayor - but had no problem with Loretta Sanchez, Jim Webb, Arlen Specter, or Michael Bloomberg.

EFCA Is a Job-Killer, Just Ask Arlen Specter

It's been quite a year for Senator Arlen Specter. This time last year, Specter had changed party affiliation and was well on his way to dropping his allegiance to Pennsylvania small businesses and workers in that his...

Friday night cheer-me-up advice

From April 29, 2009, after Arlen Specter switched parties and the Dems gained their SuperMajority in the Senate (pending Al Franken election recount), and the political world looked a lot more grim than right now … Relax, The Dems Will Screw Up: It would be very easy to fall into a depression over Arlen Specter [...]

Big losses

Over the last two weeks, the world’s poor lost two champions. On October 14th, former US Senator Arlen Specter lost his fight with cancer. Both as Republican or Democrat, Senator Spector understood the importance of the international affairs to America’s security and leadership in the world, and while his party may have changed, his support... Read More »

Late Senator Arlen Specter Spoke in Support of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Links 10/17/12

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Party Favors: RIP?

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Jennifer Rubin: CUFI director vs. Israel’s liberal critics

David Brog, a former adviser to the recently departed former senator Arlen Specter (D/R/D-Pa.) and now the executive director of Christians United for Israel, has written a pot-stirring piece in the Middle East Quarterly taking to task liberal Jews who have thrown their lot in with anti-Israel critics. Show More Summary

Former Senator Specter eulogized at memorial service

LOWER MERION, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people bid farewell on Tuesday to former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter at a service featuring tributes by family and dignitaries and concluding with Frank Sinatra's "My Way."

The Law of Unintended Consequences

The death of Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania on 14 October, at the age of 82, has occasioned widespread mourning in the biomedical community, as our colleague Jocelyn Kaiser notes on our sister blog. "I am greatly saddened by the...

On abortion, Arlen Specter mixed principle and politics

The death of Arlen Specter inspired a predictably conflicted reaction from supporters of abortion rights: He was the guy who kept Robert Bork off the Supreme Court, perhaps in the process saving Roe vs. Wade --  Specter's favorite "super-duper...Show More Summary

Friends memorialize ex-Sen. Arlen Specter in Pa.

Friends and colleagues, including Vice President Joe Biden, two former Pa. governors, judges and others mourned the loss of former Sen. Arlen Specter.

Arlen Specter's Guide to Party-Switching

This is a guest post by Kevin A. Evans,  Rolfe D. Peterson, and Nathan J. Hadley. In 2009, Arlen Specter left his political party and made headlines, enemies, and a few friends in the process. He serves as a cautionary tale to those thinking about jumping ship; Specter did not make it past his primary. Show More Summary

Rest in Peace, Arlen Specter: Speaking Ill of the Dead

Ed. note: This post is part of the second round of the Feministing “So You Think You Can Blog” contributor contest (background here). Stay tuned all week as our six finalists take turns turns covering the blog and giving us a sense of their personal contributor style. The winner of the contest and newest member [...]

Arlen Specter’s war on cancer

Arlen Specter died this week at age 82. The cause was cancer. But it wasn’t a one-sided fight. Before he died, Specter launched a spectacular and shockingly successful legislative assault on the disease. These days, legislators tend to vote with their parties. Show More Summary