Thank you, Sen. Collins!

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I’m feeling a lot of affection for this woman today. God bless her.
 
I agree with Susan Collins that Obergefell and the ACA will probably not be revisited. I also agree that Kav will not just give Trump unlimited power. I think he will at least gut Roe, but I’m not confident.

Whatever happens, Susan has proved herself to be a very strong and brave woman. Again, God bless her.
 
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Rain on the parade all you want, but no Kavanaugh supporters are disappointed or nervous. Not even you can act as a buzzkill. Rule according to the Constitution, and let the chips fall where they may.
 
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Foolish in what regard.Do tell
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Did you hear or read her speech?
She spelled out in detail how Kanavanaugh was going to rule the kinds of cases he was likely to hear.
She predicted his upholding of Roe v .Wade.

If her assessments are wrong they are exposed for all to see.
If her assessments are right, Kavanaugh will be a bitter disappointment to those who have been promoting him the most.
 
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Rule according to the Constitution, and let the chips fall where they may.
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See above.
Or are you actually suggesting that the reaction to upholding Roe v Wade will be insouciant letting chips fall where they may?
 
She says she is against litmus tests for judges, but says she says she asked specific questions about Obamacare. Based on his answers she approved of him. She has some doublespeak going on.
 
No those of us who support him understood from the onset that he is a strict constitutionalist and would preside as such.Abortion is the rule of the land,however he may very well return it to the states which is where it belongs.No surprises or disappointments
Now come the new year when RBG retires,Trump can nominate another justice👍
 
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Collins:
There has also been considerable focus on the future of abortion rights based on the concern that Judge Kavanaugh would seek to overturn Roe v. Wade . Protecting this right is important to me. To my knowledge, Judge Kavanaugh is the first Supreme Court nominee to express the view that precedent is not merely a practice and tradition but rooted in Article 3 of our Constitution itself. He believes that precedent is not just a judicial policy, it is constitutionally dictated to pay attention and pay heed to rules of precedent. In other words, precedent isn’t a goal or an aspiration, it is a constitutional tenet that has to be followed, except in the most extraordinary circumstances. The judge further explained that precedent provides stability, predictability, reliance and fairness.
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As the judge asserted to me, a long-established precedent is not something to be trimmed, narrowed, discarded or overlooked. Its roots in the Constitution give the concept of stare decisis greater weight such that the precedent can’t be trimmed or narrowed simply because a judge might want to on a whim. In short, his views on honoring precedent would preclude attempts to do by stealth that which one has committed not to do overtly. Noting that Roe v. Wade was decided 35 years ago and reaffirmed 19 years later in Planned Parenthood v. Casey , I asked Judge Kavanaugh whether the passage of time is relevant to following precedent. He said decisions become part of our legal framework with the passage of time and that honoring precedent is essential to maintaining public confidence.

Our discussion then turned to the right of privacy on which the Supreme Court relied in Griswold v. Connecticut , a case that struck down the law banning the use and sale of contraceptives. Griswold established the legal foundation that led to Roe eight years later. In describing Griswold as settled law, Judge Kavanaugh observed that it was the correct application of two cases from the 1920s, Myers and Pierce , that are not seriously challenged by anyone today. Finally, in his testimony he noted repeatedly that Roe had been upheld by Planned Parenthood v. Casey , describing it as precedent on precedent. When I asked him would it be sufficient to overturn a long established precedent if five current justices believed that it was wrongly decided, he emphatically said no.
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Emphasis added.

“Protecting this right is important to me.”
If so, he either made a foolish choice or the folks who are championing Kavanaugh in hopes of overturning Roe v Wade will be sorely disappointed.
 
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After I listened to her speech, I shouted Collins for President!!! I liked it!

Also, after I listened to Collins’ speech and the rulings that Kavannaugh made on certain issues that were important to liberal… it suddenly hit me. The left has been duped by the dems. By the left I mean the women who were led to believe that they had the MOST to fear from Kavannaugh. The bottom line that I got after the speech was the whole issue was to STOP any nominee from Trump. That’s it. thus, keeping the swing vote in a liberal’s hands…
 
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After I listened to her speech, I shouted Collins for President!!! I liked it!
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There has also been considerable focus on the future of abortion rights based on the concern that Judge Kavanaugh would seek to overturn Roe v. Wade . Protecting this right is important to me.
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Really? A pro-abortion rights Republican. :confused::confused::confused:
 
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I’m happy about Collins because she brought us back to Innocent until proven guilty. Facts matter. A good man’s reputation should not be smeared by false accusations… I’m happy because Kavannaugh will judge by the Constitution as it is written and not make up laws as he goes…
 
She is voting to confirm Kavanaugh .Shes a RINO but she’s a vote so yay!
 
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