Phillip Rench, a 37-year-old former engineer for SpaceX, has filed paperwork to run as an independent against Maine’s senior senator.
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Opinion: Our judicial system is also on the 2024 ballot
The message needs to be explicit, and frequent: The courts are on the ballot too.
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Sen. Collins was lone Republican to oppose confirmation of Texas judge who’ll rule on abortion pill
But her critics point out that Matthew Kacsmaryk would likely be an obscure federal judge if the justices she voted to confirm to the Supreme Court had not helped to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Buttigieg says officials like Kavanaugh ‘should expect’ public protest
“Any public figure should always, always be free from violence, intimidation and harassment but should never be free from criticism or people exercising their First Amendment rights,” Buttigieg said in a ‘Fox News Sunday’ appearance.
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Sen. Collins calls draft abortion ruling ‘completely inconsistent’ with what Supreme Court nominees told her
Maine’s Republican senator is expected to face an angry backlash for her votes in favor of conservative justices based on their assurances that abortion access was settled law.
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Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19
He was the only one of the nine Supreme Court justices to skip Friday’s ceremonial swearing-in for Amy Coney Barrett, an event that itself was delayed nearly a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: How my former boss Susan Collins broke my heart – and lost my support
I shared my rape story with her. Then she announced her support for Brett Kavanaugh – in a speech that felt like a slap in the face.
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Commentary: By making strong case for Kavanaugh, Sen. Collins made Mainers proud
She’ll have my vote in November, because she’s shown true leadership in a time of national crisis.
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Commentary: I no longer trust Sen. Collins to protect our reproductive rights
Two years ago Tuesday, she voted for Brett Kavanaugh, after skipping the meeting where I’d hoped to tell her my abortion story.
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Sen. Collins criticized for Kavanaugh vote after Supreme Court ruling protecting gay, transgender workers
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon tweets that Collins ‘will continue to be a reliable vote for Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ nominees’ due to her support for the newest justice.