Dick Durbin said "Will the Senator from Vermont also give me his thinking about section 1 of this proposed constitutional amendment which outlines and specifies the constitutional right to "consideration of the interest of the victim that any trial be free from unreasonable delay"? People such as George Will, a conservative commentator, have asked what in the world this could mean, to give to a victim "consideration." My question is, if you are going to add wording to amend the Constitution, if I am not mistaken, since the passage of the Bill of Rights, which would be the 18th or 19th amendment we have enacted in Congress, whether such vague wording as "consideration" of victims is adequate to stand the test of time and trial before the Federal court system." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 26, 2000

Will the Senator from Vermont also give me his thinking about section 1 of this proposed constitutional amendment which outlines and specifies the constitutional right to "consideration of the interest of the victim that any trial be free from unreasonable delay"? People such as George Will, a conservative commentator, have asked what in the world this could mean, to give to a victim "consideration." My question is, if you are going to add wording to amend the Constitution, if I am not mistaken, since the passage of the Bill of Rights, which would be the 18th or 19th amendment we have enacted in Congress, whether such vague wording as "consideration" of victims is adequate to stand the test of time and trial before the Federal court system.

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Dick Durbin

Democratic · Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a proposed constitutional amendment regarding victims' rights.

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