Sen. Susan Collins said Kavanaugh sees Roe v. Wade as 'settled law'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post



Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh told Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday that Roe v. Wade was "settled law," the Maine Republican told reporters after their meeting.

Collins, who supports abortion rights, said she raised the issue with Kavanaugh, who is meeting with senators ahead of his confirmation hearings next month."We talked about whether he considered Roe to be settled law," Collins said, referring to the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy.

Collins said Kavanaugh told her that he agreed with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who said during his 2005 confirmation hearing that Roe was "settled as a precedent of the court." Collins and Kavanaugh met for more than two hours on Tuesday morning. "He said that he agreed with what Justice Roberts said at his nomination hearing, in which he said it was settled law. We had a very good, thorough discussion," Collins said.

The senator has not said whether she will support Kavanaugh, but she has also declined to offer strong criticism of President Trump's nominee. With Republicans holding a slim 51-to-49 Senate majority, support from Collins and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) would ensure Kavanaugh's confirmation.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sen-susan-collins-said-kavanaugh-sees-roe-v-wade-as-settled-law/2018/08/21/214ae5dc-a54c-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html

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To quote Joe Wilson - "You lie!".

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. It wouldn't stop ultracons like Kavanaugh chipping away at Roe til nothing left

... and then suddenly it won't be settled law any more. Surprise!

[Me.]

2. What A Pushover

[RKP5637]

7. All smiles and golly gee Mr. Kavanaugh. n/t

[Me.]

23. Seems She Never Learns

[Va Lefty]

3. Meaningless statement

USSC can "unsettle" settled law. They have done it before

[Afromania]

4. Welp, guess that means they are gonning to get cracking on it day 2 then.

[mobeau69]

5. Come on, Susan. He's wanting that lifetime job in a robe in the worst way.

[Autumn]

6. She also believes in the Tooth Fairy and Santa .

[Snellius]

8. Don't keep us in suspense. How will you vote? nt

[Faux pas]

9. Yeah

and I was born yesterday.

[The Liberal Lion]

10. Collins is the ultimate dupe

Yep Susan, and that health care stabilization bill also will still get a vote.

[elmac]

22. yep, like all repugs

she has an IQ lower than a snake's belly in a wagon-rut.

[2naSalit]

11. She spent all her capital some time ago

she is not to be believed.

[davsand]

12. Do you suppose maybe, just MAYBE, he told you what he thinks you want to hear?

Starting to wonder if that woman has the sense God gave a duck.





Laura

[Lonestarblue]

16. I have never understood how she keeps being elected.

She betrays average people on almost every major issue. I’m sure McConnell has known for ages that all he has to do is make promises that he will never keep and she rolls over—every time. Like most Republicans, spineless.

[TNNurse]

13. Do not trust her.

A big disappointment that I ever thought I could.

[OMGWTF]

14. Susan Collins is a chump!

[MattP]

56. The people who vote her in are Chumps

She knows exactly who she's in cahoots with

[vlyons]

15. and you believed him?

He's lying. He will tell them whatever they want to hear to get their vote.

[cbdo2007]

17. Justice Roberts said the same thing in his confirmation hearing...

and that he wouldn't allow a challenge to it while he was on the court, for that reason.

I don't trust Kavanaugh when he says it, but I do tend to trust Roberts.

[GeorgeGist]

18. Simpleton.

[montanacowboy]

19. Bullshit

this whiny voiced pushover senator

Jesus, please get rid of her voters

[yonder]

20. Sweet nothings today, but...

Be careful, sister.

[ResistantAmerican17]

21. O For Fu*k's Sake

Susan “Gullible’s Travels” Collins.... when will you learn?

[Ilsa]

24. Except, he will be fine with states passing laws that

Require abortions only be performed on Tuesdays during a solar eclipse in odd-number months by a doctor who is a Little Person (aka dwarf) after waiting for every member of the Senate to sign off on it and publish it in 20 newspapers.

[DeminPennswoods]

34. Exactly correct

nt

[rtracey]

25. ok so then...

Ok so then, I want every democrat Senator to ask at his confirmation hearing if he feels Roe v Wade is settled, and if he will vote in the positive. If he says no a,d then does it, he is guilty of lying to the Senate and can be impeached or charged with contempt of Congress.

EVERY DEMOCRAT SENATOR NEEDS TO ASK AND GET HIS COMMENTS ON RECORD.....NO BS BEATING AROUND THE BUSH.....ANSWERS.

[yallerdawg]

26. Settled until a case comes before him.

"Settled law" is a widely used term to dodge answering the question.

Southern Democrats fall back on it all the time. Along with "I'm personally yada-yada-yada...but it's settled law."

[comradebillyboy]

27. She's either gullible or lying.

[SamKnause]

29. In this case, the answer is both.

She is a gullible liar.

[SamKnause]

28. Can you believe anything a Republican says ??? NO !!!

EVIL LIARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Polly Hennessey]

30. Oh, right, Susan.

He couldn’t possibly be telling you a lie, now could he. The word around town is tell Susan anything, she’ll believe you.

[LakeSuperiorView]

31. She believes everything told to her by Republicans.

Not the sharpest crayon in the box...

[JustAnotherGen]

32. I think we - on the Left

Of all flavors and stripes should stop giving her the attention she always desperately seeks.

She has WAY too much power. And at the end of the day - she always stays 'true red'.

[Nitram]

33. She believes them every time. What a gullible fool.

[rickford66]

35. Hey Susie Brown, they always pull the football out of the way.

Why are you even a Senator ? Just put a brick on your yes button and go home.

[DoctorJoJo]

36. Hoodwinked Yet Again--Will This Hopeless Ninny Never Learn?

[malthaussen]

37. Settled until they overturn it.

Once again, Mrs Collins shows her true colors.

-- Mal

[tymorial]

38. Where does she indicate that she believed him?

I am seeing no comment.

[Mike Nelson]

39. Who said it wasn't...

… settled law? Someone should tell Susan Collins and Kavanaugh the law was settled decades ago... that's how the Supreme Court works. Now, Kavanaugh can go ahead and unsettle it, if he wants; that's also how the Supreme Court works.

[randr]

40. Not the first time she has been lied to and belived it.

[displacedtexan]

41. Hey, Susan! I've got some land to sell you...

...on PLANET OH RIGHT SURE.

[demmiblue]

42. Oh, please, Charlie.

[47of74]

43. Collins, if you believe a fucking word Kavanaugh says I've got these for sale

[cstanleytech]

46. You forgot

[47of74]

47. Oh yeah, good point.

[Javaman]

44. I honestly believe should would indeed buy a bridge. nt

[cstanleytech]

45. My feelings over him can be summed up by a quote by Marilyn Milian who unfortunately is a Republican

"I wouldn't believe you if your tongue came notarized"
In other words he should not be a sitting SCOTUS judge.

[BeyondGeography]

48. Susan Collins is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle

With apologies to whomever I stole that from.

[sinkingfeeling]

49. Forgot this:"....which is ripe to be overturned."

[stuffmatters]

50. Collins gullibility inexcuseable. Kav has a long,written history ag physical self determination

It's all in plain sight & in your face public record, Sen Collins. Here's three googles for you:

Just recently This theocratic zealot(loon) fiercely fought ag & dissented his Circuit's decision to allow an immigrant minor rape victim to have an abortion;
Kavanaugh's dissent in a famous case of forced abortion,sterilization by the government(he's essentially unconditionally in favor of giving the state total power over the disabled) also, at its foundation, argued the state's rights to overrule individual self determination;
And Kavanaugh, like Gorsuch, is vehemently against any right to die legislation for the terminally ill.

Susan Collins had better start googling Kavanaugh before she runs interference and votes for this monster. It's time for her to start understanding that abject cruelty of the government over individual physical sovereignty ..from birth to death.. is Kavanaugh's ideology and his own "settled law" shown i his written opinions and dissents for decades.

Kavanaugh just like Gorsuch is lying when he says that he would uphold SCOTUS "settled law". And Collins ignorance is simply indefensible. Kavanaugh's records is all there in plain sight.

[Golden Raisin]

51. I gotta bridge in Brooklyn AND a bag of magic beans to sell Collins.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

52. Whatever lets her sleep at night.

Trump vowed on the campaign to appoint only justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. He's appointed two so far. Do you really think they can't figure a way around that landmark case to weaken it into oblivion?

[Docreed2003]

53. I might have some respect for Collins if she would cut the shit and stop with the games

This whole "I'm a moderate...yaddah yaddah.." crap is just played out. As if anyone here is surprised by her response to Kavanaugh...her vote was never in question.

[mainer]

54. Too bad Collins isn't up for reelection this year. I think we could bring her down.

This is just one more piece of proof that "Susan Collins is an idiot."

[JPK]

55. The Senator is, with all apologies, ......

Is as stupid as a box of rocks.

[yellowcanine]

57. Fox assures Collins that the hens are safe with him!

[haele]

58. She's just following her script.

She doesn't really care one way or another anymore - she's just in it for a paycheck and party circuit. She has run all her campaigns as an audition to keep playing the role of the "Moderate Republican", when she's just a party hack, whatever she may have started out as.

Haele