Arlen Specter : scandals, conspiracies, & crisis in focus /

"From his early work as a lawyer on the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to his days as Philadelphia's district attorney to his thirty-year career as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter found himself consistently in the mid...

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Main Author: Laine, Evan Edward, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • The Bork Confirmation Spectacle-One Rejected
  • The Thomas Confirmation Spectacle-One Accepted
  • Iran-Contra
  • Nicaraguan Insurgents, a Mideast War, Missiles for Money and Hostages, Dark Ops, Presidential Felonies, and More!
  • The Clinton Impeachment
  • Castro, Specter, and Some JFK
  • Arafat and Specter-the Clinton Impeachment Explosion and the Fallout
  • The Stimulus Vote
  • A Change of Parties-Specter Becomes a Democrat
  • Specter Takes on the Magistrates and Becomes an LGBTQ Crusader
  • A Change of Insanity in Washington
  • A Former Career Prosecutor Goes After Career Criminals
  • Specter's Quest for Federal Funding for Stem Cells Fighting Windmills.