http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/2003...torum0803p2.asp

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Sunday, August 03, 2003

By Marylynne Pitz, Post-Gazette Staff Writer

U.S. Sen, Rick Santorum, R-Pa., undermined the fairness of rating federal judicial nominees by advising three of them not to appear for a recent interview with the Allegheny County Bar Association, the group's officials say.

\"Nobody from the senator's office ever told us that this was going to happen. The process certainly works a lot better when people show up,\" said Fred Egler Jr., immediate past president of the Allegheny County Bar Association and a 25-year member of the organization.
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