Millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2016 because they wanted a pro-life Supreme Court.
But one liberal Republican senator may have just destroyed that historic chance.
Maine Sen. Susan Collins went on numerous national TV programs to announce she will not support any Supreme Court nominee with documented pro-life views.
“I would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to Roe v. Wade because that would mean to me that their judicial philosophy did not include a respect for established decisions, established law,” Collins told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“A candidate for this important position who would overturn Roe v. Wade would not be acceptable to me, because that would indicate an activist agenda that I don’t want to see a judge have,” also told ABC News.
Collins said there are judges on Trump’s published list of potential nominees she will not support, and he should consider names not on the list, which has been vetted by national conservatives.
“I think the president should not feel bound by that list and instead should seek out recommendations to ensure that he gets the best possible person,” Collins told ABC.
With four of the nine current Justices likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, Collins may have just sabotaged decades of efforts to appoint a Court that would overturn nationwide legalized abortion.
Collins describes Roe as “a ruling that has been settled law for 45 years, and it involves a constitutional right and has been reaffirmed by the court 26 years ago.”
While she claims abortion is settled law, Collins has consistently voted against gun rights, which are also established as individual rights by the Court.
With 48 of the Senate’s 100 seats held by Democrats, Collins needs only one more liberal Republican to join her if all Democrats vote to block a pro-life nominee.
Another liberal pro-abortion Republican, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowksi, says she will consider abortion when deciding how to vote.
The Republican defections not only add to Democrat numbers, it makes it easier for Senate Democrats in Republican-dominated states to vote against a pro-life nominee.
AAN Staff
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