The existing norms are failing and need attention – but there are better ideas than packing the court.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Disappointment is Sen. Collins’ legacy to Mainers
A Mainer who is disabled and relies on the Affordable Care Act says livelihoods and health care will be in jeopardy if the senator is re-elected.
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World
Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders
Acting in lawsuits involving absentee ballot deadlines in 3 battleground states, the justices allow extensions for ballots in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to remain in place.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Former FDIC chair: Susan Collins’ defeat will hurt Democrats
She has long been a consensus-builder and a moderating force on her party, and Joe Biden may feel her loss the most of all.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: U.S. Senate goes home without passing COVID relief
Republican members push through a Supreme Court confirmation but can’t find time to negotiate help for millions of Americans.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Amy Coney Barrett sworn in at Supreme Court as issues important to Trump await
No justice has assumed office so close to a presidential election or immediately confronted issues so directly tied to the incumbent president’s political and personal fortunes.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Divided Senate confirms Barrett, cementing Supreme Court’s conservative majority
Republicans control the chamber so, even with Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins voting against it, Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation wasn’t in doubt before the 52-48 vote.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Michael Jay Newman to serve as a judge on the U.S. district court for the southern district of Ohio.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Susan Collins is one of the Senate’s last mavericks
Collins is one of the few senators willing to buck her party when it’s in the interest of people back home.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Fight over Trump’s business records returns to appeals court
The Supreme Court this summer said the president is not immune from congressional investigation, but the justices put the subpoena on hold.