We had a feeling that we wouldn't like Don Nickles' stand on criminal justice and civil liberties issues, so we took a look at his voting record. Here's what we found.

On Crime and Drugs:

Voted YES on increasing penalties for drug offenses.
Voted YES on spending international development funds on drug control.
Voted NO on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program. (May 1999)
Voted YES on limiting death penalty appeals. (Apr 1996)
Voted NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms. (May 1994)
Voted YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
Voted YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals. (May 1994)

He is a strong opponent of abortion.

Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions.
Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions.
Voted YES on disallowing overseas military abortions.

Here is his civil rights voting record:

Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping
Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation.
Voted NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women.
Voted YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business.
Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage.
Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation.
Voted YES on Amendment to prohibit flag burning.
Voted YES on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds.

His environmental voting record is here.

His record on gun control is here. His immigration record is here.

And as we suspected, his record is not much different than that of his now-nemesis, Trent Lott. To be fair, it's not much different than McConnell's or Frist's either.