Ben Cardin actually said...

"Thurgood Marshall helped make our union more perfect. And the legacy illuminates the highest possibilities for all Americans, yesterday, today and tomorrow."

"Last year the Supreme Court chipped away at the existing precedent in Brown v. Board of Education."

"There were direct efforts made to diminish minority voting."

"I'm proud that we've instituted it in Maryland and I think what you have instituted at Harvard also gives you a better diversity of student body."