Senator Susan Collins is one of the Republican senators who is a swing a vote for or against Donald Trump’s nominees to the Supreme Court. Today she made the rounds on a couple Sunday political shows talking about the role Roe V. Wade would play in her decision, but her position on approving Supreme Court nominees isn’t exactly satisfying to everyone. She says:
“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. And I believe that that is the very important fundamental tenant of our judicial system.”
GOP Sen. Susan Collins, a pivotal vote in confirming Pres. Trump's SCOTUS nominee, says a justice who would overturn Roe v. Wade would "not be acceptable."
"That would indicate an activist's agenda that I don't want to see a judge have" https://t.co/ZIQBJRn5Lm #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/aD1cd4OhIL
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) July 1, 2018
GOP Sen. Susan Collins says Trump told her in a meeting that he would not ask a Supreme Court justice nominee whether they would overturn the ruling in Roe v. Wade #CNNSOTU https://t.co/coMHU0eerK https://t.co/cYUwkKh2ll
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 1, 2018
On the surface, Collins may seem to be indicating that she would push back on Trump nominees, but some Democrats aren’t buying it.
https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/1013421515679952896
If Collins claims to support Roe, the ONLY acceptable answer for her is that she will reject anyone on Trump's list because all of those people are ones the Federalist Society told Trump counsel Don McGahn, wink-wink, will satisfy the Roe litmus test. (4/6)
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) July 1, 2018
i swear @SenatorCollins you can do this! all the women, from Maine to Hawaii, are counting on it – show us all #CollinsCares we need you! ✌🏼 https://t.co/ISMbngGkKQ
— alyssa mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) July 1, 2018
