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Like the man who appointed him, Kavanaugh should be impeached.

September 14, 2019

Elizabeth Warren, Twitter.com
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There is a difference between what might be constitutional and what you can do politically...I think leaving a vacancy for up to four years is not why we are here.

Oct 27, 2016

Jeff Flake, CNN
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The court looks the other way as yet another federal district judge casts aside state laws without making any effort to preserve the status quo pending the court’s resolution of a constitutional question it left open in United States v. Windsor…This acquiescence may well be seen as a signal of the court’s intended resolution of that question.

Feb 09, 2015

Clarence Thomas, Dissent accompanying the Supreme Court majority decision not to halt gay marriages in Alabama after a lower court ruling
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Article II Section 2 of the Constitution says the President of the United States nominates justices to the Supreme Court, with the advice and consent of the Senate. I can't find a clause that says '... except when there's a year left in the term of a Democratic president.'

Feb 14, 2016

Elizabeth Warren, Politico
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These are responsibilities I take seriously, as should everyone. They’re bigger than any one party. They’re about our democracy.

Feb 13, 2016

Barack Obama, Huffington Post
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The advancement of the abortion industry’s bottom line shouldn’t take precedent over women’s health, and we look forward to demonstrating the validity of these important health and safety requirements in court.

Nov 13, 2015

Ken Paxton, Politico
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And so I’m here before you this morning, with a seemingly impossible choice that I do not wish upon any of my fellow Americans: my conscience and my freedom.

Sep 04, 2015

Kim Davis, CNN
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People ask me, ‘when do you think there will be enough women on the court?’ And my answer is: when there are nine.

Feb 04, 2015

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Speaking to students at Georgetown University
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And while there are people of good conscience on both sides of this argument, one thing has become abundantly clear to me: the heavy hand of government must not make this decision for women and families.

Jan 27, 2015

Tim Ryan, Akron Beacon Journal
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Wrongful convictions are a slow, torturous process. It would be so much simpler to be choked out and die at the hands of a cop than to spend the rest of your life in hell based on the malicious acts of a cop.

Dec 05, 2014

Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez, Letter to reporter Dan Slepian - Investigative Producer at Dateline NBC
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