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In this Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, are shown during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate battle over Donald Trump's new Supreme Court nominee is off to a fiery start _ even before the president makes his choice.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a key vote on President Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, said Sunday she would oppose any nominee she believed would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
President Trump predicts that the fight over his eventual Supreme Court nominee to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat will be "vicious," but that the Republican-controlled Senate will be able to confirm his pick before the midterm elections. "It's probably going to be vicious because the other side, all they can do is obstruct and resist," Trump said in an interview with Fox Business that aired Sunday.
Since the announcement that Justice Anthony Kennedy would be retiring at the end of July, talk of revisiting Roe v. Wade has been at the forefront of political conversation.
Abortion rights supporters and opponents protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on January 27, 2017. The issue of abortion will spark millions of dollars in spending on advocacy for and against President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
FILe - In this Feb. 18, 1988, file photo Anthony Kennedy, left, takes the constitutional oath as a Supreme Court Associate Justice from Chief Justice William Rehnquist at a White House ceremony in Washington. Holding the Bi... .
On the issues of LGBTQ rights, abortion access, money in politics and the environment, no member of the federal judiciary has been more influential in the last 30 years than Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. The announcement earlier this week of Kennedy's retirement sent political shock waves through both parties, and scrambled an already uncertain 2018 midterm landscape, as both parties gear up for what are sure to be contentious and complicated confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's pick to take Kennedy's place.
Luck - pure, dumb luck - is an underestimated advantage in politics, and Donald Trump is one lucky man. He ran for the Republican nomination against a fractured field, in which the other candidates tore each other to shreds.
With little chance of thwarting President Donald Trump's eventual Supreme Court pick, Democrats are pivoting to frame the confirmation battle as an issue in fall elections that will decide control of Congress. Speaking a day after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he would retire, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump's nominee could overturn Obamacare protections for people with pre-existing conditions, an emerging issue in Democratic election bids, and abortion rights.
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday struck down a law requiring a 72-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion, ruling that the restriction was unconstitutional and that "autonomy and dominion over one's body go to the very heart of what it means to be free." Justices noted that the waiting period could force delays, increase costs and in some cases prevent a woman from legally obtaining an abortion.
The president of a national abortion-rights organization says the Iowa Supreme Court acted "absolutely appropriately" in striking down a 72-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion. Ilyse Hogue is president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a new Indiana law's requirement that medical providers report detailed patient information to the state if they treat women for complications arising from abortions. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young granted the preliminary injunction sought by Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky.
'I had my own personal terrorist': Ex-wife of Arizona serial killer reveals she TRAINED for the day he would confront her, before he murdered a JonBenet Ramsey psychiatrist and FIVE others over their links to his divorce Trump makes Supreme seat an election issue: President says Kennedy's retirement makes control of the Senate 'a vital issue of our time', and warns Democrats will push judges who will rewrite the Constitution and abolish the Second Amendment Trump reveals he has a list of 25 possible picks as he decides who to nominate as crucial Supreme Court Justice as swing vote Anthony Kennedy retires aged 81 Senate Democrats demand Republicans wait until NEXT YEAR to confirm Trump's Supreme Court pick because the GOP blocked Obama's final election-year nominee 'We have a historic chance to take down Roe v.
Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is setting off a momentous confirmation battle for US president Donald Trump's next Supreme Court nominee. Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is setting off a momentous confirmation battle for US president Donald Trump's next Supreme Court nominee.
A College Area Pregnancy Services clinic is seen Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in San Diego. The Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively put an end to a California law that forces anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about abortion.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, giving President Trump an opportunity to solidify his influence on the high court. Kennedy, 81, has held the most important seat on the court for more than a decade: He is the swing vote on issues ranging from abortion to gay rights.
In knocking down a California law aimed at regulating anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to abortion-rights supporters who saw the law as a crucial step toward beating back the national movement against the procedure. Democratic-led California became the first state in 2016 to require the centers to provide information about access to birth control and abortion, and it came as Republican-led states ramped up their efforts to thwart abortion rights.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court decided that California can't force pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise abortion. Justices voted 5 4 in the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v.
The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision upholding a California law requiring anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to more fully disclose what they are. The case pitted the right to know against the right of free speech.