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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSome good news on Collins and Roe v Wade.....
Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a key vote in the coming Supreme Court confirmation fight, said Sunday she would not support a nominee hostile to the landmark abortion ruling in Roe v. Wade.
"I would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to Roe v. Wade because that would mean to me that their judicial philosophy did not include a respect for established decisions, established law," Collins said on CNN's "State of the Union."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/01/politics/susan-collins-supreme-court/index.html
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,334 posts)calimary
(81,238 posts)Ninga
(8,275 posts)Wouldnt they lie?
Unless the nominee has lower court rulings, written opinions etc..how would she know?
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)She did not use the word "concerned".
Autumn
(45,072 posts)hostile to Roe v. Wade and she will happily do her thing and vote for them. She lies almost as much as Trump does.
spanone
(135,831 posts)PCIntern
(25,544 posts)I will cautiously support the nominee because he has stated that he has respect for the Law. She/he is of superb character and is a stellar example of judicial temperament.
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)Saboburns
(2,807 posts)They lie more than they breathe.
She'll vote for whatever Nazi gets nominated.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)Like she always does.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Then, she will do what McTurtle tells her to do.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)FakeNoose
(32,638 posts)She's just looking to sell her vote to the highest bidder.
populistdriven
(5,644 posts)SamKnause
(13,102 posts)EVIL FUCKING LIARS one and all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EVIL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JenniferJuniper
(4,512 posts)They'll throw her something she wants and she'll happily go along.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)is going to be waiting a long time. Collins always falls in line in the end.
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)don't trust her.
Takket
(21,564 posts)Freethinker65
(10,021 posts)If the GOP has enough votes already (Manchin, etc.), the GOP will allow her to vote her conscience. In other words, she has no conscience.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)The nominee will just say he supports precedent, Collins will say that's good enough for her, and once he's confirmed, he'll vote to repeal.
Collins is as bad as every other Republican.
manor321
(3,344 posts)Holy shit! How dumb does someone have to be to believe this?
Everyone on Trump's list will overturn Roe v. Wade. Everyone fucking knows this.
All of these asshole Senators will vote for the nominee, all pretending not to know how they will vote.
malthaussen
(17,194 posts)Mrs Collins has two sides to her mouth, and she exercises both frequently.
-- Mal
Vinca
(50,269 posts)tenderfoot
(8,426 posts)I am bewildered that she's continually labelled as a "moderate".
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)On the thing and she will courageously vote to confirm Franklin Graham or someone. Sen Collins I am a constituant of yours and fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
Stinky The Clown
(67,798 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)She has a history of being gullible.
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)She has a history of being gullible.
Agree with ALL of this ^^^
Like, a SCOTUS nominee chosen by the racist, treasonous, lying hog-in-chief, one whose chosen off of a Federalist Paper won't LIE to Collins? PLEASE.
Also, since there might be 2 Dems voting FOR hog-in-chief's 2nd stolen SCOTUS seat, Collins and Murkowski may have cover to vote NO against this person whomever he/she is.
I don't trust a thuglican as far as I can throw the tRumputin tower.
spooky3
(34,447 posts)have decided to overturn precedent many times. She voted for them, didnt she?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)ever, even having been in law school when it was decided, or since.
You KNOW that none of the GOP committee will ask about Roe.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)who really wants you to retire.
hatrack
(59,585 posts)Oh sorry - just translating Susan Collins into English for you.
randr
(12,412 posts)barbtries
(28,793 posts)to stick by that. i hope she does, but i don't trust her.
peggysue2
(10,828 posts)Collins says today. Yesterday, she said that Roe vs Wade would not enter into her decision.
This is 'bend to the prevailing winds' Susan speaking. I wouldn't bet money on her statements.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)theyll say anything
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)StTimofEdenRoc
(445 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)When pigs fly.
Texin
(2,596 posts)There are about four Dem senators from primarily rethug states who are being challenged for reelection this midterm. Each one of them is probably going to side with the rethug pick just to get reelected. This is going to wind up just another rethug cram-down. The best (probably only) strategy the Dems can employ is to delay, delay, delay so that any selection is deferred until after the midterm, but I expect Mr. Chao will use parliamentary challenges or some other hardball tactic to force a vote sooner. Frankly, I expect the rethugs have been planning their strategic moves right around time Mr. Chao announced there'd be no August recess. I believe they'd already been given a heads-up by Shitler that he'd been exerting pressure on Kennedy to retire and had extracted his agreement to do so.
Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)pushing the narrative that the worst case scenario is that it will be left up to the states to decide the abortion issue. This is to placate the people in blue states to think "it won't happen here".
That is absolute bullshit. As soon as they know they have the votes on the bench, if they control Congress they will have a bill on Trump's desk in a heartbeat to make abortion illegal in the United States. They could actually do this before the next election.
Don't think for one minute that this isn't their plan.
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)But an excuse to claim one thing , only to allow it to happen and claim she didn't know, or someone lied to her , again. She's another fraud. Can't be trusted ever.
mercuryblues
(14,531 posts)earned the nickname #selloutsuzie