Word: orrin
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...Orrin Hatch's Judiciary Committee launched its Marc Rich hearings on Valentine's Day. The senators plowed through testimony from Rich lawyer Jack Quinn, former U.S. pardon attorney Roger Adams and former deputy attorney general Eric Holder. The heavyweights were joined by legions of legal experts, who mulled over potential procedural misconduct inherent in Clinton's last-minute pardons. No further hearings are scheduled at this time. Does that mean it's all over? Friday afternoon, TIME.com asked one Patrick Leahy staffer that very same question. "Oh, no," he said. "Definitely...
...Republican Senators Arlen Specter and Orrin Hatch write to Clinton asking him to speak to Senate investigators about his last-minute pardons. Specter suggests that if Clinton does agree to sit down and talk, the Senate probe might draw to a close...
...SENATE WEIGHS IN (2/14/01): Pardon hearings begin in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is chaired by Republican Orrin Hatch...
Rehnquist's departure would open a broader field of true-blue conservatives. Michael Luttig and J. Harvie Wilkinson III, colleagues on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, know they're in the running and have jousted competitively in recent opinions. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch is said to want the job, and nominating him or another "member of the club" would confound possible foes. But Hatch's age, almost 67, works against him. Replacing Rehnquist has its own hazards: Bush must decide whether to give the chief's gavel to the new appointee or elevate a current Justice--triggering...
...doesn't look like it. Senator Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has indicated he's interested in having Clinton appear to "clear the air," but says he doesn't believe the former president should be forced to testify...