What Liberals Say » Law

We need somebody who’s . . . poor or African-American or gay

Barack Obama — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:07:02 +0000

“We need somebody who’s got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it’s like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old – and that’s the criterion by which I’ll be selecting my judges.”

‘new Gestapo’ in America

Harry Belafonte — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:49:44 +0000

“We’ve come to this dark time in which the new Gestapo of Homeland Security lurks here, where citizens are having their rights suspended…You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.”

Patriot Act is like Apartheid

Rosie O'Donnell — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:11:42 +0000

“The blacks in South Africa, who were trying to fight for their own civil rights, were called terrorists and the government was allowed to arrest them at will and interrogate them, no matter what they did, just on the suspicion. Very similar today to what we have in the United States, thanks to the Patriot Act. “

Rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment are outdated

John Kelly IV — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:41:45 +0000

“Let’s get back to the fundamentals: Life is more important than outdated ‘Second Amendment rights’ or special interest groups.”

Advocating anarchy.

Steven Best — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:00:12 +0000

“We will break the law and destroy property [in our campaign against animal research] until we win.”