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The US Constitution: Liberal in it's time, but Conservatives want to preserve it or only alter in in the prescribed way'
Abolition: Republican
Lincoln was surely one of the most progressive/liberal presidents in our nation's history, perhaps only passed by FDR.
He was a steadfast opponent of State's rights (fighting a war to do so), he instituted the largest Civil Rights change in the history of our nation (abolition), and he arguably did more to single-handedly increase federal power (especially that of the President) than any President before or since.
Worker Rights: OSHA Richard Nixon
Created and passed by a Democratic Congress.
Congress passes laws, not the president. He just chooses to sign them or veto them, in which case the veto can be overridden.
And, lest we forget:
Worker Rights:
NLRA (aka "The Wagner Act"), Franklin Roosevelt, Democratic Congress
FLSA (aka "The Wages and Hours Bill), Franklin Roosevelt, Democratic Congress
Anti Worker-Rights:
Taft-Harley Act, passed by a Republican Congress, Vetoed by Truman, Over-ridden by Republican Congress
Civil Rights: Passed with more GOP support than Demotrat support
Due to the Southern Democrats, who were certainly not liberal, and whose districts are now decidedly Republican.
Environmental Protections: EPA Richard Nixon, again
Created and passed by a Democratic Congress.
Gay Rights: Ya got me there. To Democrats, another special interest group to pretend to care about in return for votes.
Whether they're a "special interest group" or not makes no difference as to whether they are eligible to the same constitutional rights granted to every US citizen.
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