Jon Davidson Quotes (13 Quotes)

He is a tough kid, but he has a lot to learn about distance running. When he learns it, look out.

It was a catalyst to further action both in support of the freedom of same-sex couples to marry and in opposition to that.

This is the Supreme Court now saying unanimously that students, including gay students, can talk about what they care about.

I think people who talk about history as a reason to deny gay marriage just don't really know what the history is. People need to recognize that throughout our history, there were all sorts of people not allowed to marry.

When you're in the middle of war, even if it's not a terribly popular one, courts are hesitant to tie the hands of the military.

This was a very challenging case in some ways because, as the opinion makes clear, if you go too far in saying that allowing recruitment efforts you don't like violates your First Amendment rights, that might allow employment agencies to refuse to provide services on the basis of race, or religion, or national origin. There has to be some limit there.

What we've learned was You're more likely to win at the Supreme Court if you've done your homework, if you have victories in state courts. He (Gilbert) thinks he knows better and that we have somehow sold out, and I find that quite offensive.

The opinion makes clear that there are numerous actions that students and law schools can take to show their abhorrence of the military's policy that discriminates against gay and lesbian people.

The point is that the history of marriage is a history of constant change. I think it's hard to argue that this change is somehow fundamentally different from the others.

It seemed to us important to judge Roberts on the basis of what we knew about him. He has not manifested, in the testimony that he provided, the sort of commitment to constitutional rights that are important to our community to deserve to be confirmed. If they want our support for another nominee, they're going to have to do better. That seems to be an important message to send.

We want to be fair and perform due diligence on nominees. We are trying to figure out not just how he might rule on an issue but what his approach is. There are so many split decisions on the Supreme Court because they take difficult cases. You want someone who doesn't rule by gut reaction but will decide based on a commitment to core constitutional principles.

The guys are pumped up about it. They showed me the trophy when they got back. Even I was surprised after today. Just elated.

We had a pretty good effort, ... We were hoping to take second. Dexter is really tough. We were thinking we could compete with Fenton, but they were tougher than we thought.