The Maine Republican says if Kavanaugh decided to scrap Roe, he was ‘completely inconsistent’ on the point during his confirmation process to the U.S. Supreme Court. Z_Everson
Then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with Sen. Susan Collins in her office on Capitol Hill in August 2018. everal political action committees representing medical practitioners that perform abortions donated to Sen. Susan Collins after she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Collins, a pro-choice Republican from Maine, voted in favor of Trump nominees Neil Gorsuch in 2017 and Kavanaugh the following year despite abortion-rights groups’ concerns about the nominees’ willingness to toss Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision on abortion. In explaining her support, Collins said that the judges expressed their respect for honoring legal precedents. Collins was a key vote in both men’s confirmations.overturn the 49-year-old Roe v.
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If Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Lied About Roe, Group Challenges Susan Collins to Lead 'Call for Impeachment''If Senator Collins believes that both Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh lied to her,' said MarieFollayttar of mfalpac, 'we demand that she lead the charge calling for their immediate impeachment.'
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