David Souter on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale)	Uphold Roe v. Wade: woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	All-male military schools like VMI must admit women: Favors topic 2 Hate crime sentencing without a jury is unconstitutional: Opposes topic 2 Let rape victims sue alleged attackers as gender-bias crime: Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	Recognize GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class: Strongly Favors topic 3 Disallow all sodomy laws against same-sex activity: Favors topic 3 State laws can protect gay rights: Strongly Favors topic 3 Boy Scouts should be required to accept gay scoutmasters: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale)	Ok to deny scholarships to divinity students: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+2 points on Social scale)	No death penalty without considering mitigating evidence: Opposes topic 8 Life-sentence alternative should affect death sentence: Opposes topic 8
Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+2 points on Social scale)	Fleeing police is not in itself sufficient to allow search: Opposes topic 9 Can't lengthen prison sentences retroactively: Opposes topic 9 Uphold "Miranda", informing people being arrested of rights: Opposes topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Felons may possess guns unless state explicitly prohibits it: Favors topic 10 Congress can regulate guns in school under Commerce clause: Opposes topic 10 Right to gun ownership is collective, not individual: Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Allow states to restrict cigarette ads beyond federal rules: Strongly Favors topic 5 States have authority to protect patient rights: Strongly Favors topic 5 Federal government decides insurance issues, not states: Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	Parochial school vouchers violate church-state separation: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Disallow taxpayer funding for parochial school materials: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	Full disclosure needed by Cheney energy task force: Strongly Favors topic 18 States can request that EPA regulate CO2 greenhouse gases: Strongly Favors topic 18 OK to sue polluters for past pollution: Favors topic 18 Extend CWA restrictions to isolated water bodies: Favors topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	No tactile inspection by police for drugs: Opposes topic 19 No roadblocks with drug-sniffing dogs: Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	6-month limit on detaining illegal immigrants: Favors topic 12 No automatic deportation for aliens convicted of crimes: Strongly Favors topic 12 Award back pay to illegal alien fired for union organizing: Strongly Favors topic 12 INS may not hold deportation suspects indefinitely: Favors topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Sovereign immunity only applies to foreign-owned companies: Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-3 points on Social scale)	Court reiterates: habeas rights apply at Guantanamo: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Congress authorized detaining US citizens as enemy soldiers: Strongly Opposes topic 14 Guantanamo detainees allowed habeas writ in US courts: Favors topic 14
No opinion on topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)