Carol Moseley Braun: “Of the 115 Supreme Court justices since 1789, we have never had a black woman before.”

I think it`s a very important point. And the fact is -- and to make the point about the Supreme Court, had it not been Thurgood Marshall and the Warren court, my entire life path would have been different.

I hope those guys who walked off the floor of the Senate today, I hope they walked off in some shame and understand that what they have just done is basically chosen to take a -- take the roll call and make a hood for themselves.

I don't mean to pick on you. I know Howard Dean can take up for himself. But the fact of the matter is, the 'Congressional Quarterly,' says you voted with President Bush 53 percent of the time, you voted for the Patriot Act, you voted to…

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