Wade Henderson Rights Quotations

Ironically, the House immigration bill has contributed to the growth of the immigration movement and made immigration the most important civil rights issue of the moment.

John Roberts must use the hearings as an opportunity to account for his unacceptable stances on civil rights and other important issues.

The president has an important challenge and opportunity. He can choose a nominee who will unite the country in support of fundamental American rights and freedoms, or he can choose a judicial activist who can dramatically change the court's direction. I pray for the former but I expect the latter.

The White House promoted a number of nominees that we believe demonstrated hostility to civil rights, women's rights and to matters of concern to many Americans. We certainly hope the administration will use this opportunity surrounding the Lott controversy to rethink some of its nominees.

If his view had prevailed, our country's voting rights revolution might never have happened,

For the past 40 years, the law on voting rights has worked well to enfranchise the disenfranchised. But the threats to minority voters and efforts to discourage minority voters continue.

All evidence indicates that Judge Roberts would use his undeniable impressive legal skills to bring us back to a country that most of us wouldn't recognize, where states' rights trump civil rights, where the federal courts or Congress can see discrimination, but are powerless to remedy it.