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Does this sound like the kind of man who believes in strict constructionist judges?? Sounds like a petty dictator to me.

“Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it. “ Mayor Giuliani, NY Times 3/17/94

“You don’t have a right not to be identified”. Giuliani- NY Times 12/17/98 “Giuliani Backs DNA Testing of Newborns for Identification”

When asked whether all children should have DNA tests at birth, the Mayor said: “...I would have no problem with that, or fingerprinting all children...There is absolutely no reason why people should be afraid of being identified”-N.Y. Times 12/17/98

According to a 4/13/99 Newsday article, Mayor Giuliani has just won a Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression lifetime achievement award for having done “grievous harm” to free expression.

Giuliani advocated dressing school children in uniforms

“An exhibition of paintings is not as communicative as speech, literature or live entertainment, and the artists’ constitutional interest is thus minimal.” - Giuliani appeal brief ‘s argument against street artists having First Amendment rights, Giuliani v Lederman et al and Giuliani v Bery et al, filed with the US Supreme Court 2/24/97.

“Civilization has been about trying to find the right place to put excrement.” Giuliani quoted in NY Times, 10/13/99

“The whole school system should be blown up, and a new one put in its place. I feel like a prophet today.” Giuliani-Daily News 4/23/99

“When they make the decision to shoot they have to shoot to kill”. Mayor Giuliani on NYPD policy CBS News 9/2/99

“Let’s say somebody is acquitted, and it’s one of those acquittals in which the person was guilty, but there is just not quite enough evidence beyond a reasonable doubt,” the Mayor said. “That might be a situation in which the car would still be forfeited.” - Giuliani, NY Times 2/23/99 “Police Seize Three Cars in Crackdown”

When Congress enacted immigration reform laws that forbade local governments from barring employees from cooperating with the INS, Mayor Rudy Giuliani filed suit against the feds in 1997. He was rebuffed by two lower courts, which ruled that the sanctuary order amounted to special treatment for illegal aliens and were nothing more than an unlawful effort to flaunt federal enforcement efforts against illegal aliens. In January 2000, the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, but Giuliani vowed to ignore the law.

“Rudi Giuliani had ordered his police to engage in random stop and frisk measures against young black men, in clear violation of the Constitution of the United States and numerous Supreme Court decisions. Interviews have shown that 80% of young black men have been stopped and searched in this manner. Rudi Giuliani says that this is justified because 80% of the crimes are committed by young black men.”