Political Quotes

“I also compliment the gentleman from California [Mr. Bono] for this fine piece of legislation that will simply give greater assurance to people participating in statewide referendums that they are not going to be overturned by a single judge who may be basing his opinion on something that is not sound judgment. This is something that is going to help prevent forum shopping. This is going to help prevent the kind of delays that are experienced in these cases. It has now been nearly a year since proposition 187 was voted on by more than 5 million voters in the State of California and we still do not have a final resolution of this case. When millions of people take the time to vote, time away from work, time away from their family, significant inconvenience, sometimes significant cost, they have the right to be assured that their vote is being effectively and carefully considered and a three-judge panel simply gives them that assurance.”