Ben Cardin

Right now in 30 states an individual can still be fired for their sexual orientation where he or she has no recourse.

I just urge you, because voting is so fundamental to our system, that when Congress acts to try to expand rights...

I just one more time express this concern about following legal precedent and activism.

I guess my point is that voting restrictions today still exist.

I have been amazed and disappointed as to how the brilliant trail-blazing legal career of Thurgood Marshall has been portrayed by several of my colleagues.

This is not equal justice under the law.

In my view the Court has weakened environmental protections that were hard fought here in Congress.

Will you give due deference to Congressional actions where Congress is pretty clear.

Justice Marshall was one of the great Americans that have come from Maryland. We are very proud of what he's meant to this country.

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.

I am proud to be an original cosponsor that would provide protection in the workplace for LGBT.

Citizens United to many of us is a step backwards.

There were direct efforts made to diminish minority voting.

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

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

We live through the election procedures and we see obstacles in the way of voters.

It took a long time. A lot of people worked hard, people gave up their lives in order that we have the right to vote and expanded the right to vote.

Many low-income individuals are denied the opportunity for legal services, which is hardly equal justice under the law.

How do I explain to a 50-some year old woman with a couple children who is fired after 25 years in the workforce because the employer wants to hire someone half her age and pay one-third the salary?

He helped make a more perfect union and made a real difference in the lives of Americans.

If you have children, if you work for a living, if you are a woman, if you vote, if you care about the air we breathe or the water we drink, you need to pay close attention to the confirmation hearing and the work of the Supreme Court.

Solicitor General Kagan said that she wants every American to get a fair shake.

I think there's a consensus among everybody, both parties, that we don't want activist judges, we want them to follow the law.

I wanted Americans to get a better understanding of the impact of the Supreme Court on their everyday lives.

The reason you brought the case, is to make it clear that gender discrimination and age discrimination have no place in America.