[The Ku Klux Klan branded Johnson the most hated man in America; wooden crosses were burned on his lawn.] Judge Frank Johnson, ... was denounced as a judicial activist and threatened with impeachment. He had the courage to expand freedom in America. Judge Roberts, I hope that you agree America must never return to those days of discrimination and limitations on our freedom. |
All of us are trying to get down to, what are your core values? ... If you'll play for any team that asks you to play, it raises the questions of where would you draw the line, if you would draw the line. |
And in terms of the capability of the Iraqis to fend for themselves, defend their country, there's been no clear indication from this administration that they have the stand-up capability to do that. And until that happens, there is no end in sight, |
As it turns out, the seniors are going to be the victims -- at least for the next few months while they struggle through this terrible transition trying to figure out how many plans to choose from, |
At a time when we see around the world the violent consequences of the assumptions of religious authority by government, Americans may count themselves fortunate. Our regard for constitutional boundaries has protected us from similar travails while allowing private religious exercise to flourish. Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must answer a difficult question: Why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly? |
But it is clear that those around [Bush] misled him, and misled the American people indirectly, by making certain that there were claims made that couldn't be backed up with evidence. |
But our issues and our focus should not just be on Baghdad but on the issues that moms and dads across America are truly concerned about every single day. |
Dr. Condoleezza Rice was in the room, at the table, when decisions were made, and she has to accept responsibility for what she said, |
following the arrest of Rosa Parks, Judge Johnson ruled that African-Americans of Montgomery, Alabama, were acting within their constitutional rights when they organized a boycott of the buses and that Martin Luther King Jr. and others could march from Selma to Montgomery. |
For the president to suggest he had the same intelligence we had is just plain wrong, |
He has no legal basis for spying on Americans without court approval. |
He has the right to say what he believes, ... but all of us should be denouncing these remarks as totally irresponsible. |
He said he had spent more time worrying and working over that decision than over any other decision he made when he was a judge, |
I guarantee you, whether it is Gov. Bush or Vice President Gore, the minute they step off the plane and onto the tarmac, the first question they hear is, 'What are you going to do about the gasoline prices?' ... And there isn't a presidential candidate . . . that would ignore that political reality. |
I promised John Roberts I would give him a clean slate. |