Political Quotes

“the majority leader has hit the nail right on the head. By extending this date, no Senator in here who supports the amendment will have the absolute assurance that he will be here to give an accounting for what has transpired as a result, in part, of his vote. So, it is a good way for us to vote for the amendment and never have to worry about having to face the music. Second, when the barons forced King John, in the year 1215, to sign the Magna Carta, that charter said that no freeman may be disseized of property, or banished or imprisoned except by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land. That 'law of the land' phrase, as Senator Mitchell will know, he having been a Federal judge, that 'law of the land' phrase is the mother of language from which has derived the 'due process' phrase in our own Constitution and in the amendments thereto. What is being done by the Danforth amendment is simply that it is a taking of due process away from those persons who might have reason to challenge this constitutional amendment in the courts to secure remedies for perceived wrongs.”