I Get Up Very Early In The

I Hate To See A Young Man Get Ahead On The Basis Of A Famous Family Name.

If A Legislator Is Safe From Competition, Or If He Represents Groups With The Same Economic And Political Beliefs, He Does Not Have To Change His Ideas Or Respond To The Needs Of The Broader Population. He Can Rest Content With A Mediocre, Absentee Performance Knowing He Will Be Returned To Office. And As He Is Returned Year After Year The Seniority System Gives Him Immense Control Over People From Other Parts Of The Country Whose Views He Need Not Heed At All.

I Favor Access To Discrimination On The Basis Of Sexual Orientation.

I Applaud The Fact That The President Has Reached Out To The Members Of Judiciary Committee. And I Applaud... The Fact That He Has Been Meeting With Members Of The Judiciary Committee. He's Been Seeking Out Republicans As Well As Democrats.

When I Look At That Record In Light Of The 1985 Job Application To The [ronald] Reagan Justice Department, It's Even More Troubling.that Document Lays Out An Ideological Agenda That Highlights Judge Samuel Alito In Belonging To An Alumni Group At Princeton That Opposed The Admission Of Women And Proposed To Curb The Admission Of Racial Minorities.