10/04/2009
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"For my vote I have to have certainty."
"I think you were eloquent on the subject of the Confederate flag and what it means."
"I was the main author on repealing the Defense of Marriage Act. I was one of 14 that voted against it in the 1990s."
"I think when you come to a Federal court, it is really very important that the questions of constitutionality on an issue are active by someone who, as Judge Abrams has said, will follow precedent."