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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 Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	In minority on 7-2 vote on Roe v. Wade: Strongly Opposes topic 1 "Living Constitution" is invitation to judicial lawmaking: Opposes topic 1 Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided & should be overturned: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Cited RBG in reverse discrimination case on men: Favors topic 2 1971: Dedicated to free society, not integrated society: Strongly Opposes topic 2 All-male military schools like VMI must admit women: Favors topic 2 Any race-based college preference is unconstitutional: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Admissions preference is unconstitutional racial balancing: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Black defendants have no right to blacks on jury: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Hate crimes should allow racial intent to affect sentencing: Favors topic 2 Rape victims cannot sue their alleged attackers: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Coloradans entitled to be hostile toward homosexual conduct: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Coloradans entitled to be hostile toward homosexual conduct: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Don't recognize GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Don't recognize GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Legal sodomy leads to legal incest, adultery, & bestiality: Strongly Opposes topic 3 State laws should not protect gay rights: Opposes topic 3 Boy Scouts may exclude gay scoutmasters: Opposes topic 3
Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale)	History of man is inseparable from history of religion: Strongly Favors topic 4 "Separation of church and state" is metaphor & bad history: Strongly Favors topic 4 Court is conscience in constitutional sense, not moral sense: Neutral on topic 4 Ok to deny scholarships to divinity students: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	States cannot ban cigarette ads near schools: Opposes topic 5 States have no authority to protect patient rights: Strongly Opposes 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)	School vouchers are neutral with respect to religion: Strongly Favors topic 7 School vouchers are neutral with respect to religion: Strongly Favors topic 7 Vouchers ok if neutral with respect to religion: Favors topic 7 Taxpayer funding OK for parochial school materials: Strongly 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)	1974 Miranda ruling cannot be amended by Congress: Opposes topic 9 Statistical racial sentencing disparities are inevitable: Strongly Favors topic 9 Fleeing the police is reasonable grounds for a search: Favors topic 9 Shorten time between sentencing and executions: Strongly 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
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Can't use Commerce Clause to criminalize guns: Strongly Opposes topic 10
No opinion on topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	No judicial limit on detaining illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 No judicial limit on detaining illegal immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Automatic deportation for aliens convicted of crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No back pay to illegal alien fired for union organizing: Strongly Opposes topic 12 INS may hold deportation suspects without bail: Strongly Opposes 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
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Congress authorized detaining US citizens as enemy soldiers: Strongly Favors topic 14 No statute gives habeas review for non-citizens outside US: Strongly Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	Support executive-branch power in foreign & military affairs: Favors topic 15
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
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	No tactile inspection by police for drugs: Opposes topic 19 Roadblocks with drug-sniffing dogs are OK: Strongly Favors 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)