Debra Ness Quotations

It is more important than ever to come up with a consensus candidate everyone can respect.

John Roberts is no longer a blank slate, he has an extensive record and that record is far outside the mainstream.

John Roberts consistently has taken the most narrow, restrictive views of civil rights and women's rights.

We hope that he won't kowtow to the far right. It would be very divisive for this nation.

We must oppose his confirmation as chief justice even more strenuously because, in that post, he would have even greater power to shape the direction of our courts, our laws and our lives.

This vote is painful proof that a majority of senators will not stand up for women's rights, civil rights and our right to privacy when it counts the most.

It's hard to get people to understand what the court means in their daily lives.

It's unbelievable how poorly informed we are, how little information we have to go on.

That means a company could have a 'No Women' or 'No African-Americans' hiring policy, and that would be OK, unless you proved you were the more qualified candidate.

In the end, he refused to commit to upholding the core principles of Roe.