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“It is hard to imagine an area in which Congress has more express constitutional authority to act than in protecting the right of minorities to vote.”
“Republicans and blacks had an unlikely alliance around 'max black' after the 1990 census. By concentrating black voters in some districts, the strategy elected a record number of black congressmen in 1992. But the remaining 'bleached' districts were more likely to elect white Republicans.”
“There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.”
“To be rejected on account of old age may or may not feel the same as being rejected on the basis of race or sex. But it is clearly unjust and dehumanizing, and the law should take it more seriously than it does.”
“The anti-New Deal line is wrong as a matter of economics. F.D.R.'s spending programs did help the economy and created millions of new jobs.”
“The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.”
“Law graduates have always ended up in business, government, journalism and other fields. Law schools could do more to build these subjects into their coursework.”
“Gun violence in the U.S. is an epidemic.”
“Defending Congressional authority should not be a partisan issue.”
“In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.”
“The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.”
“Liberal judges tend to be expansive about things like equal protection, while conservatives read more into ones like 'the right to bear arms.'”
“People's genes can say a great deal about their health. There are genes that reveal an increased likelihood of getting cancer, heart disease or Alzheimer's.”
“Our movements reveal a great deal about who we are. A record of our locations over time can reveal whether we go to tent revivals or radical political meetings, abortion clinics or AIDS doctors.”
“When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the Internet revolution, for all its speculative excesses, really is changing the world.”
“A Reagan appointee, Justice Kennedy is no liberal, as he has shown on issues from affirmative action to corporate campaign spending. But he has repeatedly sided with gay litigants before the court.”
“There is no actual need to tighten voter ID rules: there have been extraordinarily few instances of people committing fraud at the polls.”
“When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.”
“Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.”
“Corporations have enormous treasuries, and there are a lot of things they want from government, many of which clash with the public interest.”