Political Quotes

“the most important words of our Constitution are its first three, ``We the People.'' It is the mission statement of our Constitution, the mission statement of our country, a nation ``of the people, by the people, for the people,'' as President Lincoln so eloquently stated, not a nation by, for, and of the powerful and the privileged. Critical to that vision of ``we the people'' is a strong and independent judiciary, particularly a strong and independent Supreme Court, since all the decisions from the lower courts can be appealed right on up to the very top. Today, there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court with Anthony Kennedy's announced retirement. On Monday night, President Trump announced his nominee to fill that seat--Judge Brett Kavanaugh. A single vote can make all the difference in the world on the Supreme Court in protecting the freedoms we hold dear. A single vote can tip the scales toward the vision of our Constitution, the ``we the people'' vision of our Constitution, or it can tip the scales away from that vision toward government by and for the powerful. We can see the impact of the single vote when we look at Justice Kennedy's own legacy, his own record of 5-to-4 decisions. Time and again during his three decades on the Court, he made the deciding vote in a critical decision--a single vote making a big difference. In 1992, he wrote the majority opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, not only reaffirming Roe v.…”