Senate Set for Judicial Showdown
Tags: APPELLATE courts -- Officials & employees; NOMINATIONS for office; SPECTER, Arlen, 1930-; MYERS, William; BOYLE, Terrence; UNITED States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
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