CLAIM vs. FACT: Specter on Judicial Nominees

CLAIM:

"I don't make the decisions" about whether pro-life judges get on the bench.

- Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that oversees all judicial nominations, 11/8/04

FACT:

"According to the Constitution, the Senate's advise and consent responsibility gives senators the authority to approve [or reject] the president's nominees to the court system and elsewhere."

- Fox News, 3/28/04