Harry Reid: “Justice Brown received a ``not qualified'' rating from the California judicial commission when she was nominated for the…”

“Justice Brown received a ``not qualified'' rating from the California judicial commission when she was nominated for the Supreme Court of California because of her tendency to inject her political and philosophical views into her opinions and complaints that she was insensitive to established legal precedent. Speaking recently at church on ``Justice Sunday,'' Justice Brown proclaimed a ``war'' between religious people and the rest of America. Imagine that. Is this someone we want protecting the constitutional doctrine of the separation of church and state or freedom for all Americans to practice religion? She has expanded the rights of corporations at the expense of individuals--arguing to give corporations more leeway against attempts to prevent consumer fraud--some of these things make you smile--to stop the sale of cigarettes to minors, to prevent discrimination against women and individuals. She may be the daughter of a sharecropper, but she has never looked back to ensure legal rights of millions of Americans still fighting to build better lives for their children and their children's children. They may not be sharecroppers, but they live like sharecroppers, and she has done nothing to protect them. These are the nominees over which the Republican leadership is waging this fight, and they are prepared to destroy the Senate that has existed for 200 years to do so. The Senate is a body of moderation.…”