Friends memorialize ex-Sen. Arlen Specter in Pa.
Arlen Specter was an "irreplaceable" force who approached politics - and life - with grit and determination, a who's who of politicians and others said Tuesday at the longtime senator's funeral.www.seattlepi.com
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.www.latimes.com
How Arlen Specter Almost Changed History -- and the Supreme Court
The Associated Press report on the death of longtime Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter remembers the former Senate Judiciary Committee chair as playing "a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations.www.huffingtonpost.com
Arlen Specter's stand-up comedy
Specter in 2009. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) Was Arlen Specter the funniest lawmaker in Washington? Before former comedy pro Al Franken got elected to the Senate (and promptly stopped cracking jokes), Specter was known for his sideline as ...www.washingtonpost.com
Arlen Specter was a fighter: Former senator didn't shy away from controversy
Arlen Specter loved his job as a U.S. senator, on that there is no doubt. There is also no doubt he loved it for the right reasons.www.pennlive.com
Arlen Specter, Senate centrist from Pa., dies at 82; Obama orders US flags ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy's assassination and played starring roles in Supreme Court confirmation hearings, ...www.washingtonpost.com
Sen. Arlen Specter Laid To Rest
Senator Arlen Specter will be laid to rest today. The former Pennsylvania Senator died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma on Sunday. The 82-year-old was a moderate Senator who was often at odds with Republican leadership.www.keyc.tv
Former senator Arlen Specter dies
Former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter died Sunday. Sen. Specter's 30 years in Congress ended in 2010 after he switched from the Republican to Democratic party and lost in the primary.www.washingtonpost.com
Arlen Specter and the Supreme Court
Add this this to the always complicated and often maddening legacy of Arlen Specter in the United States Senate: no Senator in fifty years had as profound an influence on the Supreme Court as he did.www.newyorker.com
Morehouse School of Medicine Mourns the Loss of Senator Arlen Specter
ATLANTA, Oct. 16, 2012 - /PRNewswire/ -- Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former U. S. Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA). Senator Specter was a consummate champion of justice and worked tirelessly ...www.heraldonline.com
Arlen Specter, Anita Hill's dogged Senate inquisitor, dies at 82
Arlen Specter, who brought a prosecutor's focus on detail and disdain for deception to the job of U.S. senator, representing Pennsylvania as a Republican for 29 years and a Democrat for his unorthodox final year, has died.newyork.newsday.com
Sen. Arlen Specter: Survivor, political original, and even comedian
Arlen Specter, who died this past weekend, has been credited above all with being one thing: a survivor. He was the perfect Darwinian adaptor to the culture of Washington, D.C.www.pottsmerc.com
Remembering former Sen. Arlen Specter
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Arlen Specter Shows How Far Right the Modern-Day GOP Has Gone
The political arc of Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter's career in many ways reflects the political arc of our own country.www.care2.com
Arlen Specter, summed up in his own words
When I heard on Sunday that Arlen Specter had died, I sought solace in rummaging through personal remnants of our 30-year friendship.www.philly.com
Arlen Specter is remembered across the nation for his statesmanship
... rose, Jackson said he and the former senator shared an ultimate respect for democracy. "Arlen Specter was a man of immense dignity and vision whose politics was not limited to the party," Jackson said.www.philly.com
Arlen Specter, a born fighter, died as he lived
In a storied political career that began as a young assistant counsel whose credulity-straining single bullet theory of President Kennedy's assassination was presented by the Warren Commission in the 1960s, former U.S.www.washingtonpost.com
Biden due at funeral Tuesday for ex-Sen. Specter
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Arlen Specter was known as a political moderate unafraid to buck the leadership of his own party and work with colleagues across the aisle - a stubborn independent streak sure to be recalled as Pennsylvania's longest-serving ...www.google.com
Arlen Specter dies at 82; longtime senator was a political maverick
WASHINGTON - Arlen Specter, who in 30 years representing Pennsylvania in the Senate offended Republicans and Democrats in almost equal measure with maverick votes and a frank cockiness that finally ended his career in politics, died Sunday at his ...www.latimes.com
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Senator, Is Dead at 82
WASHINGTON - Arlen Specter, the irascible senator from Pennsylvania who was at the center of many of the Senate's most divisive legal battles - from the Supreme Court nominations of Robert H. Bork and Clarence Thomas to the impeachment of ...www.nytimes.com
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