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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
On guns, abortion, high court could become more conservative
Cases seeking a sweeping ban on abortions after six weeks or eight weeks of pregnancy are already headed the court's way.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
Sen. King: Supreme Court battle isn’t about fairness – it’s about health care
We must pause the nomination process, or risk tens of millions of Americans having their coverage ripped away.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
Jim Fossel: SCOTUS seat should not be filled during campaign season
A rushed, partisan confirmation process would further politicize the court, damaging its credibility.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2020
Maine reaction to nomination signals a fiercely partisan confirmation
Maine's liberal leaders decry Judge Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to women's reproductive rights and the Affordable Care Act, while conservatives hail her as a constitutional originalist.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2020
Maine Voices: Go back to the future in filling Supreme Court vacancies
We need to encourage bipartisanship by restoring the 60-vote threshold for advancing nominations to the high court.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2020
Ginsburg remembered, heralded at Augusta vigil
Speakers included state Sen. Shenna Bellows D-Manchester, executive director of the The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine in Augusta; state Sen. Cathy Breen, D-Falmouth; Maeghan Maloney, district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties; and activist Betsy Sweet.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2020
Conservative appeals court judge emerges as favorite to be Trump’s nominee
The president met Monday with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who was a strong contender for the Supreme Court seat that eventually went to Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2020
Trump attacks Collins over Supreme Court nomination timeline
Speaking on Fox News, the president said Maine's Republican senator is ‘very badly hurt’ by suggesting the winner of the presidential election should decide on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's successor.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of women’s rights, dies at 87
She spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing and became something of a rock star to her admirers, particularly young women.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Trump wants Supreme Court to let him block critics on Twitter
A federal appeals court ruled last year that Trump uses the account to make daily pronouncements and observations that are overwhelmingly official in nature.
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