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The ACLU is the latest group to put pressure on Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins on the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy. The $150,000 campaign featured an ad praising Collins as an "independent voice" for Maine who stood up to efforts to eliminate funding Planned Parenthood funding.
Dawn Laguens, the Executive Vice President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said at a press conference in D.C. Thursday that any Supreme Court nominee must be held to the "higher standard" of agreeing that women have a right to abortion and contraception as well as affirming LGBT rights. Laguens argued that past nominees have said of Roe v.
He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance? - In partnership with: There likely isn't such a thing as a "typical" violent white extremist in America in 2018. Still, Michael Miselis - a University of California Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe - - Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.
He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance? - In partnership with: There likely isn't such a thing as a "typical" violent white extremist in America in 2018. Still, Michael Miselis - a University of California Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe - - Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.
President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, waves as he greets military families during an afternoon picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, July 4, 2018, in Washington. Add The Note as an interest to stay up to date on the latest The Note news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
"I think they're trying to out-trump Trump while trying to out Trump each other," said one Democratic strategist who has worked on presidential campaigns and has noticed the uptick in anti-Trump rhetoric. "It's open season on who can jab the hardest and best."
Democrats and Republicans once largely agreed that the upcoming midterm elections would hinge on the economy, health care and President Donald Trump's popularity.
Wade. "I think I've made it pretty clear that if a nominee has demonstrated hostility to Roe v Wade and has said that they're are not going to abide by that longstanding precedent, that I could not support that nominee," Collins told MSNBC.
How far can a state go to promote its view on abortion? Not as far as California, the Supreme Court ruled this week in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra.
Late last week the president told reporters he would name his nominee to succeed Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, July 9 , shortly before leaving for Europe for meetings with NATO allies and then with Vladimir Putin. It is, to put it mildly, a big, big decision that will almost surely trigger a loud and divisive confirmation fight and, assuming Republicans win it, a major change in the balance of power on the Court.
President Donald Trump has interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices and had plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Eager to build suspense, Trump wouldn't divulge whom he's talking to in advance of his big announcement, set for July 9. But he promised that "they are outstanding people.
President Trump has been signaling that he won't ask potential Supreme Court nominees about their positions on specific cases, but he doesn't need to - all on his short list are conservative judges. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption President Trump has been signaling that he won't ask potential Supreme Court nominees about their positions on specific cases, but he doesn't need to - all on his short list are conservative judges.
President Donald Trump is set to announce his choice for a new Supreme Court justice, which he's said could eventually result in the reversal of the abortion rights case Roe v. Wade.
Litmus test, litmus test, who's got a litmus test? Well, apparently just about every senator on the left. A litmus test - a standard beyond which one won't go, like Barack Obama 's famous red line in Syria - was once derided as the mark of a rigid mind.
President Donald Trump interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices Monday and planned to speak with a few more, as he powered forward with a speedy selection process to fill the fresh vacancy. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he had met with "four potential justices of our great Supreme Court.
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.