Civil Rights & Justice

John McCain's Record

The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that we are all created equal. The pledge of allegiance asserts "liberty and justice for all." Yet John McCain has failed to adequately protect the rights and liberties we hold dear.

Whether it's protecting a woman's right to choose or the idea that everyone should be treated equally under the law, John McCain has failed to live up to the democratic principles that protect us all.

McCain's SCOTUS Model, Scalia, on Torture and "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"

April 28, 2008 - John McCain says that, if elected president, he would nominate Supreme Court justices in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito.
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Wilcox County, Alabama

April 24, 2008 - John McCain is touring through areas with a history of economic and social justice problems (which Republicans traditionally ignore) to portray the presumptive GOP nominee as "not that kind of Republican." He will visit places Republicans actively vote against the...
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Republican Forgetfulness

April 22, 2008 - Our friends at the RNC on the latest McCain Makeover Tour under the title, "The Forgotten Places of America." His stops in Selma, Thomasville, and Gee's Bend were the first of many unconventional campaign visits where the Senator will spend...
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McCain Stands By Vote Against '90 Civil Rights Act

April 11, 2008 - Forty-years ago, just days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President Lyndon Johnson signed the '68 Civil Rights Act. Twenty-two years later, John McCain cast a deciding vote against the Civil Rights Act in 1990. In 1990,...
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain, Sunnis, and Shiites

April 9, 2008 - Despite the fact that John McCain has made the same mistake FIVE times in five months, his campaign continues to claim that John McCain misspoke when he confused Sunni and Shiite extremists in Iraq.
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