(Arlen) Specter gets a teaching gig at Penn (on Congress & Supreme Court)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Finished with a 30-year career in the Senate, Arlen Specter will take his talents to the University of Pennsylvania's law school, Penn announced Tuesday.

As an adjunct faculty member, Specter will teach an upper-level course on the relationship between Congress and the Supreme Court, beginning in fall 2011, Penn officials said.

"It's a subject matter which could use a lot more understanding. And it's a subject which warrants additional study. Penn Law is a good place to do it," Specter, 80, said in an interview.

He said he called Dean Michael A. Fitts last October about the possibility.



Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110105_Specter_gets_a_teaching_gig_at_Penn.html

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1. The irony here is excruciating. Arlen Specter did a great deal to ensure that an absolutely

unqualified person became a very long-term member of the Supreme Court, a powerful legacy that he will never overcome.

[madmax]

2. The Clarence Thomas fiasco

Remember it well. He and Alan Simpson - evil bastards.

[backtomn]

3. Professor Specter ??

Does that include a section on Scottish Law ??

[JI7]

4. good for him, i wish more ex govt people would do that rather than lobbyist jobs

[nyy1998]

5. Agreed nt

[EFerrari]

6. Greenwald tweeted this morning, someone is going to pay to hear him talk?

And he's dead wrong, imo. Specter can talk up a storm, he's very talented in that way.