2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is firing up the troops for the coming battle over the Supreme Court - taping a message for her supporters accusing President Bush of appointing judges who want undo the accomplishments of the civil rights movement.
In a "conversation" with Georgia Rep. John Lewis - videotaped shortly before Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement, and posted to Clinton's Web site in the last few days - the top Democrat hails the Warren court's landmark Brown vs, Board of Education school desegregation decision.
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Then Hillary warns darkly: "What we are experiencing today is a real movement to turn the clock back on the rights of Americans."
"Unfortunately, the people who are being appointed to the courts all too often have a pre-existing idea of what they're going to decide," she complains.
After praising the Warren Court, Clinton notes: "This year we have another very important anniversary. It's the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act."
At that point Rep. Lewis jumps in:
"That was a time when you had bold leadership from a president," he lamented. "But today there's a mindset to take us back - undo the New Deal, undo the Great Society, undo a lot of the things that your husband stood for and was able to accomplish."
Hillary assured Lewis there was no real cause for worry, saying, "I have a lot of faith in the American people and I believe we've come too far to turn back now."
She then tells supporters to stay tuned: "If there is an opening on the Supreme Court this summer, as there well might be, I hope that every American follows this debate."
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