If the senator really wants to protect abortion rights, she should not rely on a candidate’s commitments, but instead insist on an independent-minded jurist with a centrist record.
Susan Collins
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Activists call on Sen. Collins to be ‘strong leader,’ ask hard questions of Supreme Court nominee
Abortion, environmental and labor activists urge Collins and Sen. Angus King to ‘take a very, very hard look’ at President Trump’s eventual choice.
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Sen. Collins on treacherous middle ground in Supreme Court fight
The Maine senator says she knows that, regardless of how she votes, ‘there are going to be people who are furious at me.’
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Sen. Collins says she would oppose Supreme Court nominee hostile to Roe v. Wade
The Republican viewed as key to confirming Trump’s choice says she wouldn’t vote for someone who wants to overturn the decision on the right to choose, which she considers settled law.
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Jim Fossel: Timing makes Kennedy’s retirement politically knotty
Just a few months before the midterms, it puts both Republicans and Democrats in awkward positions.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Along with roll call votes last week, the House also passed: the Fight Illicit Networks and Detect Trafficking Act (H.R. 6069), to require the Comptroller General of the U.S. to carry out a study on how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to buy, sell, or facilitate the financing of goods or services associated […]
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Down East physician weighs run against Collins in 2020
Cathleen London, a Democrat, says she used to respect Maine’s senior senator for her willingness to buck Republican orthodoxy, but believes that is no longer the case.
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Collins to judge Trump’s Supreme Court pick without ‘litmus tests’ such as Roe v. Wade support
Her spokeswoman says Maine’s Republican senator believes the landmark abortion ruling is settled law, and she won’t use the issue to disqualify a candidate to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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Our View: Sen. Collins should insist on keeping Anthony Kennedy’s role on court
Abortion rights and marriage equality are at risk if principled Republicans don’t speak up.
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Maine Voices: Punishment shouldn’t be used to help people fight hunger, find jobs
A Legislature that puts up barriers making it harder for people to access food is immoral and unjust.