Chuck Schumer actually said...

It is rare for people of our sensibilities to ask for law enforcement, to have the Federal Government intervene.

We needed Federal laws and Federal troops to go in to have this Attorney General's sister-in-law integrate the University of Alabama.

I do think Federal crimes should be limited to matters of national importance. I don't know of a more important subject than the principles ...

it's hard for me to understand how anybody can oppose that.