Susan Collins just wanted to pretend to be Brett Kavana even though she didn’t lie to her face

In 2018, Senator Susan Collins go out of her way to confirm because the Brett Kavanaugh. On the Senate floor, the Maine lawmaker delivered a 45-minute defense against the Supreme Court nominee — who had Credibly accused of a high school sexual assault, which he denied — and told colleagues: “We’ve heard a lot of allegations and allegations against Judge Kavanaugh. But as those who knew him best have attested, he was an exemplary public servant, judge, teacher, coach, husband and father…. When assessing any accusations. for misconduct, we will be looked down upon in the long run. run if we give up the presumption of innocence and justice, even though it may be tempting. ”

Of course, Kavanaugh’s own defense of innocence isn’t the only notable part of Collins’ remarks. There is also a section of her speech dedicated to her unwavering faith in Kavanaugh. Roe v. Wade. “Defending this right is important to me,” Collins said, explaining that the two-hour face-to-face meeting with Justice Beer Bong, plus an hour-long follow-up phone call, convinced her he would uphold the landmark decision. “His view of honoring precedent would discourage attempts to do it by stealth that someone has committed not to do publicly.”

No one really cared about the option to believe this at the time, and such claims now look more absurd after Kavanaugh’s performance as the Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs sues Jackson Women’s Health Foundation, The case has given its conservatives the opportunity to gut Roe. As a law professor Mary Ziegler Write:

It was Justice Kavanaugh’s comments that worried me most on Wednesday. He seemed to have believed in the idea that the Constitution was abortion-neutral, suggesting that doing so would be better for the legitimacy of the Court and as a way of interpreting the Constitution’s sole principle. “This court should be strictly neutral on the abortion issue, not choosing pro or pro-life,” he said. The court has described fairness in the abortion debate as striking a balance between the state’s interest in protecting the life of the fetus and the pregnant woman’s interest in autonomy and Equality. Now, Justice Kavanaugh seems to suggest on Wednesday, fair means reversed Roe.

This makes Collins wholeheartedly support Kavanaugh, supposedly pro-reproductive, looking pretty dumb! And she seems to know it:

Of course, the senator from Maine who also voted to confirm Donald TrumpThe Supreme Court’s first nominee, Who is expected to help dismantle? Roe also—Still wants people to think she’s an ardent defender of a pregnant woman’s right to choose, which is why her office told reporters yesterday that Collins “supports abortion rights and believes that protections in Roe and Casey Decisions should be turned into law. She has had some conversations with her colleagues about this and is open to further discussion.” That would be exciting news for those who believe in body self-control if it weren’t for the fact that (1) in September, Ms. her statement of disapproval The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021, if passed, would codify reproductive rights, and (2) she knows a similar bill, tailored to her liking, would never now passed as long as the law, which she refuses to repeal, stands.

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