Political Quotes

“today I rise to oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. This is an issue I will return to in the coming weeks and months at greater length, but I did want to say a few words about why I am in opposition to Mr. Kavanaugh. I think many Americans have a pretty good sense of what the function of Congress is and what the President of the United States does, but, in fact, I think many Americans do not fully appreciate the role that the Supreme Court plays in our lives. In the past decade alone, the Supreme Court has issued some incredibly controversial and, to my mind, disastrous decisions that have had a profound impact on the lives of the American people. Let me review for a moment why this nomination is so very important by looking at what the Supreme Court, often by a 5-to-4 vote--a one- vote majority--has done in recent years. If you go out onto the streets of any community in the United States of America--whether it is a conservative area or a progressive area--what most people will tell you is that we have a corrupt campaign finance system--a system that today, as we speak, allows billionaires to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy elections. Most Americans, whether they are Democrats or Republicans or Independents, do not think that is what American democracy is supposed to be about. What most people think is that the majority should rule.…”