[snopercod]

There is nothing in the Constitution that requires that the chair of the senate Judiciary Committee to be elected on a seniority basis.

There is nothing in the Standing Rules of the Senate either that I can find.

More comments tomorrow...

[joanie-f]

There is nothing in the Standing Rules of the Senate either that I can find.

No, there is not. I looked over it with a fine tooth comb on Wednesday after he won re-election, and included that fact in calls to Frist and Santorum. I plan to call all of the Republican members of the committee tomorrow, and will remind them of that fact, too.

Please make sure you post that link in any responses you make on Specter threads, John.

~ joanie