sunday being challenged about the timing and his motivations for introducing the bill now. now, some of your critics in south carolina say, hey, look. graham is up for re-election in 2014. he s worried about a tea party challenger. and you have ticked off a lot of conservatives with votes on immigration reform to confirm liberal supreme court justice. this is your way to get back in their good graces. i ve been a pro-life member since day one. i was author of the unborn victims of violence act making it a crime to attack a woman and if she loses her baby, you can be charged with two crimes not just one. crime against the mother and the unborn child. my record is clear. i m proud to lead this charge. this is a debate worthy of a great democracy. when do you become at 20 weeks of pregnancy, what is the project of the government to protect that child?
say no to someone else, which is against their right at that point that you just gave to gays and lesbians if we redefine marriage it s a logical point to make so logical that the supreme court asked the question to both sides when talking about this from a liberal supreme court justice. it should not be off the reservation to ask it, if supreme court justices are asking the same question at our supreme court. again, ben, you re misunderstanding the role of the supreme court justice, it s not the same context but the point is it hasn t been just justice sotomayor. others have been in searching to try to make this argument, not that they necessarily in any way equate gays with any of those other groups, but when you try to say, okay, who other than a man and woman would want to get married. okay, maybe a man and man, maybe a woman and a woman and then search beyond that and kind of run out of examples and so sometimes people step in it, right? doesn t mean that they re equating gay
the law. frankly we have to take up that challenge and run with it. that s certainly one to look at it. what was the last time a liberal supreme court justice turned conservative? has that ever happened? yet we can see time and time again oh, lots of times. suter, john paul stevens, blackmon. my point is you see a lot of republicans turn liberals. never see it the other direction. no, i ve never seen that. well, frankfurter. that s going back quite a ways. how can the next republican president ensure that his nominee doesn t wind up david souter or john roberts? you can t. conservatives favor free enterprise, free market, that stuff, but they also believe in judicial restraint. they also believe that nobody elected them, that the people got elected are entitled to some
qualities, an independent mind, a record of excellence and integrity, a fierce dedication to the rule of law and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the american people. it will also be someone who like justice stevens knows that in a democracy, powerful interests must not be allowed to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens. wow. there s a political estimate. you know, i think in history the great brown case of 54 where the supreme court said you can t have separate but equal and found an inherent right to equal treatment and not separate treatment in the constitution. earl warren led that decision. earl warren was a republican governor. hardly a liberal. ike said he wished he hadn t picked him but he did. is this still a possibility i want to go back to the question of a leader coming from outside the bench. sure it s possible. the characteristics that president mentioned there, i can t imagine any president wouldn t say the same thing. that s the
coming weeks with similar qualities, an independent mind, a record of excellence and integrity, a fierce dedication to the rule of law and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the american people. it will also be someone who like justice stevens knows that in a democracy, powerful interests must not be allowed to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens. wow. there s a political estimate. you know, i think in history the great brown case of 54 where the supreme court said you can t have separate but equal and found a right to equal treatment and not separate treatment in the constitution, earl warren led that decision. he was a republican governor. hardly a liberal. ike said he wished he hadn t picked him but he did. i want to go back to the question of a leader coming from outside the bench. sure it s possible. the characteristics that president mentioned there, i can t imagine any president wouldn t say the same thing.