Protecting constitutional rights and civil liberties by

• teaching the United States Constitution and especially the Bill of Rights as a requirement in public school curriculums (2008)
• protecting the rights granted by our state constitution from compromise (2008)
• reaffirming the separation of church and state (2008)
• improving human rights for the incarcerated (2008)
• prohibiting torture (2006)
• actively advocating for and supporting marriage equality and domestic partnerships with full spousal rights including community property and healthcare decision-making (2009)
• repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (2006)
• committing to the right to privacy in health decisions, including reproductive choice and the right-to-die (2006)
• eliminating all discrimination based on race, religion, mental and physical disability, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity in housing, employment, and public services (2006)
• countering the effects of discrimination through affirmative action (2006)
• ensuring that prosecutors and courts deal with each individual case to produce outcomes that are equitable and in the best interest of society without dictated standards (2006)
• urging the reintroduction and passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (2009)
• support the restoration of the balance of power of three branches of government, opposing claims of a unitary executive authority (2009)
*opposing unreasonable searches and domestic spying that violates Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) (2006)
*repealing the Patriot Act and restoring habeas corpus (2008)
*prohibiting evangelism in the military (2006)

Holding all citizens, residents, and officials accountable for upholding the Constitution and the rule of law by
*investigating possible crimes and misdemeanors of the Bush Administration (2009)
*abiding by the Geneva Conventions and treating those who do not follow those conventions as war criminals (2008)

Ensuring ethical and transparent governmental practices by
• holding public officials accountable to their oaths of office (2008)
• supporting a paid legislature (2009)
• treating public comments, a citizen’s right, as an imperative at committee and interim hearings, and requiring that cancellations of same must be posted by five pm the previous evening (2009)
• requiring that all legislative meetings be open to all members of the public (2009)
• legislating a “Clean Bill Act” requiring that any proposed addendum to proposed legislation must relate to the subject matter of that particular legislation (2009)
• that the names of candidates for positions of US Attorney and US Marshall be publically disclosed five days after submission to our US Senators’ offices (2009)

Ensuring that elections are clean and verifiable by
• supporting election day registration (2008)
• giving priority to accuracy over speed in vote counting (2008)
• supporting publicly financed political campaigns (2008)
• requiring cand idates who receive public campaign financing to keep their spending local when possible (2008)
• continued commitment to voter verifiable paper ballots (2006)
• ongoing investigation into the causes of the change in voter party status from Democrat to “Declined to State” (DTS) (2009)
• limiting and disclosing campaign contributions for all elections in New Mexico (2009)
*proclaiming election day a national holiday (2006)
*urging Congress to implement the National Voter Registration Act (2008)

Supporting fair media practices by
• giving candidates free and equal media time and coverage (2008)
• reinstating the Fairness Doctrine (2008)
• restricting corporate ownership of media (2008) and enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (2009)
• reducing private control of news media content (2008)
*protecting public media with greater and guaranteed funding for extended cycles (2008)