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Professor Turley cited unnamed sources saying that Judge Roberts had told Mr. Durbin he would recuse himself from cases involving abortion , the death penalty or other subjects where Catholic teaching and civil law can clash . Liberals would not be defending Durbin to this degree if : a ) this was not clearly another case of manufactured outrage designed to put Democrats and liberals " on the side of the terrorists " in the public 's mind ; and 2 ) he was n't a helluva senator . I join you in urging Mr. Durbin to clarify his amendment language and make it clear that the clarification is retroactive so that those reservists who received veterans preference and are working for the federal government do not have their preference eligibility called into question .