Reclaiming Our Civil Rights & Liberties
We believe in the essential American ideal that we are not constrained by the circumstances of birth but can make of our lives what we will.
Unfortunately, for too many, that ideal is not a reality. We have more work to do. Democrats will fight to end discrimination based on race, sex, ethnicity, national origin, language, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and disability in every corner of our country, because that's the America we believe in.
We all have to do our part to lift up this country, and that means changing hearts and changing minds, and making sure that every American is treated equally under the law. We will restore professionalism over partisanship at the Department of Justice, and staff the civil rights division with civil rights lawyers, not ideologues. We will restore vigorous federal enforcement of civil rights laws in order to provide every American an equal chance at employment, housing, health, contracts, and pay. We are committed to banning racial, ethnic, and religious profiling and requiring federal, state, and local enforcement agencies to take steps to eliminate the practice.
We are committed to ensuring full equality for women: we reaffirm our support for the Equal Rights Amendment, recommit to enforcing Title IX, and will urge passage of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. We will pursue a unified foreign and domestic policy that promotes civil rights and human rights, for women and minorities, at home and abroad. We will pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. We will restore and support the White House Initiative on Asian-American and Pacific Islanders, including enforcement on disaggregation of Census data. We will make the Census more culturally sensitive, including outreach, language assistance, and increased confidentiality protections to ensure accurate counting of the growing Latino and Asian American, and Pacific Islander populations, and continue working on efforts to be more inclusive. We will sign the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and restore the original intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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McCain Claims He Hasn't Flipped on Anything from 2000
October 23, 2008 - John McCain told the local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. that ''I'm the same guy'' from 2000, claiming that he hasn't flipped on any issue since his last run for the presidency.
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro
August 27, 2008 - Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro recalls that when a woman's right to challenge discrimination in the work place, John McCain didn't bother to show up, but Barack Obama did, and was on the right side.
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Lily Ledbetter
August 26, 2008 - Lily Ledbetter speaks on Women's Equality Day.
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Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
August 25, 2008 - Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, delivers remarks on the career of her uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and introduces him to the convention.
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Randi Weingarten
August 25, 2008 - Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks of education as a basic civil right.
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Nancy Keegan
August 25, 2008 - Nancy Keegan delivers remarks voicing support for ''the next pro-choice President of the United States'' and the Republican Party platform that seeks to outlaw a woman's right to choose in all cases with no exceptions.
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5-4 Decision on Habeas Rights
June 12, 2008 - It just broken this morning. Here's SCOTUS Blog:
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Must Read: "Racial woes: GOP fails to recruit minorities"
May 20, 2008 - As John McCain tries to court minority voters today, a new report on Politico.com highlights how the Republican Party's "highly publicized" outreach over the last few years has lacked infrastructure and has yielded little results.
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DNC Commemorates 54th Anniversary of Historic Brown v. Board Decision
May 19, 2008 - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, handed down 54 years ago last Saturday, May 17th.
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Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 2008 - Today, we celebrate the glorious Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and reaffirm our commitment to the betterment of our schools and the advancement of equality for all.
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