Arlen Specter Beyond Quotations

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?

We all have a responsibility to ask probing questions to determine qualification beyond academic and professional standing.

I believe he went somewhat beyond the usual practice of answering just as many questions as he had to in order to be confirmed.