Sandra Day O`Connor 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 crimes should allow racial intent to affect sentencing: Favors topic 2 Rape victims cannot sue their alleged attackers: Opposes topic 2
Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+2 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 may exclude gay scoutmasters: Opposes 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
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-3 points on Social scale)	8th amendment does not forbid death penalty for minors: Favors topic 8 Questions whether death penalty is fairly administered: Opposes topic 8 Death penalty OK if no mitigating evidence: Favors topic 8 Life-sentence alternative doesn't affect death sentence: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	Fleeing the police is reasonable grounds for a search: Favors topic 9 OK to lengthen prison sentences retroactively: Favors topic 9 Uphold "Miranda", informing people being arrested of rights: Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-3 points on Economic scale)	States cannot ban cigarette ads near schools: Opposes topic 5 States have authority to protect patient rights: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Vouchers needed for failing urban public schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Limited public funding OK for parochial school materials: Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+2 points on Economic scale)	Let courts decide what's secret in Cheney energy task force: Opposes topic 18 OK to sue polluters for past pollution: Favors topic 18 Limit CWA restrictions to navigable waterways: Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+2 points on Social scale)	Interstate commerce laws do not apply to personal marijuana: Opposes topic 19 No tactile inspection by police for drugs: Opposes topic 19 No roadblocks with drug-sniffing dogs: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (-5 points on Economic scale)	Mitchell case:No government money to religious organizations: Strongly Opposes topic 20
No opinion on topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-3 points on Social scale)	6-month limit on detaining illegal immigrants: Favors topic 12 Automatic deportation for aliens convicted of some crimes: Opposes topic 12 No back pay to illegal alien fired for union organizing: Strongly Opposes topic 12 INS may hold suspects for deportation, but habeas applies: Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+2 points on Economic scale)	Sovereign immunity applies to foreign-controlled companies: Favors 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)
Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+2 points on Social scale)	Hamdi v. Rumsfeld: state of war doesn’t change rights: Strongly Favors 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)