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  • Kit Bond on legal

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    “While I support immigration regulated through a legal framework, I do not support rewarding those who broke the law to get here.” -Kit Bond

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  • Betty Hill on legal

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    “I mean you might say he had a travelling post office, but also Barney was very, very active. He was a legal officer for the NAACP and they had a lot of problems after Pease.” -Betty Hill

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  • Anthony Weiner on legal

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    “Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it’s common and they don’t even notice.” -Anthony Weiner

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  • Constance Baker Motley on legal

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    “I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.” -Constance Baker Motley

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  • Michael K. Simpson on legal

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    “History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state.” -Michael K. Simpson

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  • Cliff Stearns on legal

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    “Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion.” -Cliff Stearns

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  • Bob Barr on legal

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    “The legal principle placing the burden of proof on accusers rather than the accused can be traced back to Second and Third Century Roman jurist, Julius Paulus Prudentissimus. Yet, this ancient concept, which forms the legal and moral cornerstone of the American judicial system, is quickly being undermined in the name of ‘national security.’” -Bob…

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  • Jean-Pierre Raffarin on legal

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    “I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.” -Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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  • Joseph Rotblat on legal

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    “Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many resolutions of the United Nations. It is a legal commitment by the five official nuclear states, entered into when they signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.” -Joseph Rotblat

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  • Paul Gillmor on legal

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    “In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system.” -Paul Gillmor

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  • Robert Ballard on legal

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    “Fifty percent of our country that we own, have all legal jurisdiction, have all rights to do whatever we want, lies beneath the sea and we have better maps of Mars than that 50 percent.” -Robert Ballard

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  • Eric Holder on legal

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    “I don’t even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don’t think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.” -Eric Holder

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  • Debbie Stabenow on legal

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    “I support making sure that there are legal protects for everyone.” -Debbie Stabenow

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  • Gary Locke on legal

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    “Every year, some 65,000 high school students – many of them star students and leaders in their communities – are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status.” -Gary Locke

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  • James Bovard on legal

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    “The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.” -James Bovard

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  • J. William Fulbright on legal

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    “Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations.” -J. William Fulbright

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  • Rosie O’Donnell on legal

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    “I wish that there were more stringent laws to make guns sold anywhere that they’re legal harder to get.” -Rosie O’Donnell

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  • Mike Judge on legal

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    “One thing I was thinking about is that they probably get their come-uppance about the same percentage that people in real life do. Basically, stealing for all practical purposes might as well be legal in New York.” -Mike Judge

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  • Joe Lieberman on legal

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    “I also urge the Obama administration – both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world – to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks’ activities represent a shared threat to collective international security.” -Joe Lieberman

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  • Bobby Scott on legal

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    “In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country.” -Bobby Scott

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  • Adam Rickitt on legal

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    “However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition.” -Adam Rickitt

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  • Virgil Goode on legal

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    “It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots.” -Virgil Goode

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  • Beverly Cleary on legal

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    “I write in longhand on yellow legal pads.” -Beverly Cleary

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  • Caleb Cushing on legal

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    “Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate.” -Caleb Cushing

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  • Felix Adler on legal

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    “FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.” -Felix Adler

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