Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has been especially noteworthy in the arena of civil rights.
Dianne FeinsteinAnd in an issue with this kind of concern to a committee that bears the oversight responsibility, I think you can see that we're very dismayed about it .
Dianne FeinsteinDomestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend, and approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and sexually abused by a dating partner.
Dianne Feinstein