Always vote to defend Americans' constitutional rights.

Bill Cassidy · Louisiana · Republican

oversight impact 5.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 88%

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Occurrences

I will always vote to defend Americans’ constitutional rights set forth by our Founding Fathers.

Commits to future votes defending constitutional rights.

Issues | Dr. Bill Cassidy for U.S. Senate
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Evidence

Cassidy (R-LA) voted Nay on passage of H.R. 8404, a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for state regulation of marriage, and for other purposes. The Senate roll call shows Cassidy among the 36 Nays.

He voted against a Senate measure framed as protecting marriage-related rights, which cuts against an absolute promise to always defend constitutional rights.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 2nd Session
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Cassidy (R-LA) voted Nay on cloture for an amendment whose stated purpose was 'To authorize the Attorney General to deny requests to transfer a firearm to known or suspected terrorists.' The vote record lists Cassidy in the Nay column.

This is a concrete vote where Cassidy opposed a gun-safety amendment that its sponsors described as aimed at suspected terrorists, showing a rights-and-security tradeoff rather than an always-yes rights record.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress - 2nd Session
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Cassidy said, 'If we begin taking away constitutional rights from law-abiding citizens, terrorism wins.' The statement says he voted in support of Senator Johnson's bill and 'conservative Senators Cornyn and Grassley’s amendments, which respected the second amendment and due process.'

Cassidy publicly cast himself as defending constitutional rights on Second Amendment and due-process questions, but this supports only a partial pattern, not an always-fulfilled promise.

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Cassidy Statement on Continuing to Protect the Second Amendment
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Assessments

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The promise is absolute and broad: to always vote to defend Americans' constitutional rights. Cassidy did take same-term positions he framed as defending constitutional rights, especially on Second Amendment and due-process issues in 2016. However, the record also includes votes that rights advocates could reasonably characterize as contrary to constitutional-rights protection, including his 2022 Nay vote on H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act. Because the claim is too sweeping to verify as fully delivered across all constitutional-rights contexts, but there is evidence of meaningful same-term rights-defense voting and advocacy, partial credit is more appropriate than delivered or never.

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