Item Description: |
"Thomas Dunne Books." |
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Physical Description: |
xi, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780312383060 0312383061 |
Author Notes: |
Senator Arlen Specter, a Republican, is Pennsylvania's senior senator. First elected in 1980, he is now serving his fifth term. Throughout his Senate career, he has served on the Judiciary Committee, which he chaired in the 109th Congress (2005--2007) and continues to serve as its ranking member. Among his many other Senate duties, he is also a former chairman and current ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Frank J. Scaturro is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has served as counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee on Senator Specter's staff, where he specializes in judicial nominations and constitutional law issues. He is the author of President Grant Reconsidered and The Supreme Court's Retreat from Reconstruction: A Distortion of Constitutional Jurisprudence and coauthor of Public Companies . |