61.   It has upheld federal laws outlawing such election practices as the poll tax.

62.   It was part of a culture in which those who upheld the law looked the other way or, in many instances, participated.

63.   Lawmakers cannot allow it to be blackened by the unaccountable actions of regulators who must have been asleep when they took their oath of office to uphold the law.

64.   Lee offended conservatives simply because he favors upholding the law, which includes using affirmative action as a remedy for some civil rights violations.

65.   Like the knights of Camelot, the Jedi are sworn to uphold the laws of the Republic, sort of a U.N. for planets.

66.   Lee said, instead, that he would uphold the law, without fear or favor.

67.   Members of Congress, who swear to uphold the law, do not believe in special treatment or exemptions.

68.   Most lower courts that have considered the issue have upheld the law.

69.   Nearly simultaneously, a different appeals court upheld laws in Wisconsin and Illinois, creating the judicial conflict that the Supreme Court is acting quickly to resolve.

70.   Norton responded by acknowledging that the US Supreme Court disagreed with her, and promised to uphold the law.