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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale)	Authored ruling restricting parental notification laws: Strongly Favors topic 1 2000: Overturn state ban on partial-birth abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Regulating abortion ok, but no "undue burden": Favors topic 1 By rule of stare decisis, we uphold Roe v. Wade: Strongly Favors topic 1 Constitutional analysis of Roe: abortion is a right: Strongly Favors topic 1 Uphold Roe v. Wade: woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	In 25 years, racial preferences will no longer be needed: Strongly Favors topic 2 All-male military schools like VMI must admit women: Favors topic 2 Race-based college preference ok if individualized: Strongly Favors topic 2 College affirmative action ok to achieve racial diversity: Strongly 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: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale)	Recognize GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class: Strongly Favors topic 3 Recognize GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class: 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
Opposes topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale)	Ok to mention God in banners in public schools: Favors topic 4 State endorsing religion as bad as establishing religion: Opposes topic 4 Mitchell case:No government money to religious organizations: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Ok to deny scholarships to divinity students: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-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: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Federal aid to parochial schools is OK: Strongly Favors topic 7 Vouchers needed for failing urban public schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Limited public funding OK for parochial school materials: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	Migratory birds don't extend CWA to isolated waters: Strongly Favors topic 8 Eminent domain should not take from poor to give to rich: Favors topic 8 OK to sue polluters for past pollution: Opposes topic 8
Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-3 points on Social scale)	8th amendment does not forbid death penalty for minors: Favors topic 9 Questions whether death penalty is fairly administered: Opposes topic 9 Statistical racial sentencing disparities are inevitable: Strongly Favors topic 9 Black defendants have Constitutional right to blacks on jury: Opposes topic 9 Fleeing the police is reasonable grounds for a search: Favors topic 9 Death penalty OK if no mitigating evidence: Favors topic 9 OK to lengthen prison sentences retroactively: Favors topic 9 Uphold "Miranda", informing people being arrested of rights: Opposes topic 9 Life-sentence alternative doesn't affect death sentence: Favors topic 9
No opinion on topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-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
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Congress authorized detaining US citizens as enemy soldiers: Strongly Favors topic 14 Guantanamo detainees allowed habeas writ in US courts: Opposes topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Let courts decide what's secret in Cheney energy task force: Opposes topic 18 Limit CWA restrictions to navigable waterways: Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+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
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)