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The custom of seniority put Arlen Specter in line to be chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.(The Week)(Brief Article)

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| December 13, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2009 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

* The custom of seniority put Arlen Specter in line to be chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. But after Specter suggested that Bush would be well advised not to nominate judges opposed to Roe v. Wade, conservatives objected--and Specter was able to win his post only by assuring his Republican colleagues that he would not apply a pro-Roe litmus test. We wish the Republicans had chosen a chairman committed to a properly restrained view of judicial power, not to…

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