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Here at the downtown Indianapolis Marriott Hotel, Republican Presidential nominee John McCain today told thousands of America’s elected sheriffs that he would put "the interests of law-abiding citizens first–and above all the rights of victims." He had sharp words for a Supreme Court ruling this week baring the death penalty for child rapists, saying he would appoint justices in the mold of Samuel Alito and John Roberts.
"It’s a peculiar kind of moral evolution that disregards the democratic process, and inures solely to the benefit of child rapists," McCain said. "It was such a jarring decision from the Court that my opponent, Senator Obama, immediately and to his credit expressed his disagreement. I’d like to think this signals a change of heart on his part about his votes against the confirmation of two of the four dissenters in the case, Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts. More to the point, why is it that the majority includes the same justices he usually holds out as the models for future nominations? My opponent may not care for this particular decision, but it was exactly the kind of opinion we could expect from an Obama Court." (HPI Photo by Ryan Nees)
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