“If you look at the record and the enviable record which Sandra Day O'Connor has written, you find she was the fifth and decisive vote to safeguard Americans' right to privacy, to require our courtrooms to grant access to the disabled, to allow the federal government to pass laws to protect the environment, to preserve the right of universities to use affirmative action, to ban the execution of children in America.” IfsLooksChildrenUseGovernmentActionAmericaLawRecordsEnvironmentWrittenProtectVoteUniversityAccessPreservesPrivacyGrantsExecutionFederal GovernmentFifthDisabledBansAffirmative ActionAffirmativeCourtroomRight To PrivacySandra Day O ConnorProtect The Environment Author:Dick Durbin
“In my lifetime, it's the Supreme Court, not Congress, that integrated our public schools, that allowed people of different races to marry, and established the principle that our government should respect the value of privacy of American families. These decisions are the legacy of justices who chose to expand American freedom.” PeopleShouldDifferentGovernmentSchoolValuesJusticeDecisionRacePrinciplesCourtLifetimeCongressSupremeLegacyPrivacySupreme CourtPublic SchoolIntegratedAmerican FamilyDifferent RacesAmerican Freedom Author:Dick Durbin
“We see it in attempts on Capitol Hill to impose gag rules on rules on doctors on what they can say to their patients about family planning. And we certainly see it now with an effort by the government to tap our phones; invade our medical records, credit information, library records and the most sensitive personal information in the name of national security.” GovernmentNamesEffortRecordsSecurityInformationDoctorsPatientLibraryPhonesCreditMedicalPlanningHillsSensitiveNational SecurityAbout FamilyCapitolGagsFamily PlanningCapitol HillPersonal InformationMedical Records Author:Dick Durbin
“As a government lawyer, Samuel Alito wrote that he personally believe very strongly the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion.” BelieveDoeGovernmentProtectConstitutionLawyerAbortionVery Strong Author:Dick Durbin
