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Abortion-Rights Group Goes After Susan Collins Over Kavanaugh

Group links Maine Republican's vote to confirm Supreme Court justice to Roe v. Wade reversal

(Newser) - Abortion-rights advocates are putting Sen. Susan Collins' 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh back under the spotlight in one of the country's tightest Senate contests, reports Axios . Reproductive Freedom for All and Senate Majority PAC are rolling out a $250,000 mail campaign to more than 100,000 Maine...

Collins' Kavanaugh Vote Remains an Issue in Maine
One Vote Haunts
Collins' Campaign
Aug 1, 2026 1:06 PM CDT

One Vote Haunts Collins' Campaign

Interviews find incumbent still irked by the backlash to Kavanaugh endorsement

(Newser) - Susan Collins' most infamous "yes" vote is back on the ballot. Maine's senior senator is seeking reelection for the first time since Brett Kavanaugh joined the Supreme Court majority that erased Roe v. Wade, and her 2018 vote to confirm him now doubles as a test of her...

Democrats Target Collins on Abortion
Democrats Target
Collins on Abortion
Jul 10, 2026 11:05 AM CDT

Democrats Target Collins on Abortion

$2.5M ad campaign ties senator to Roe v. Wade reversal

(Newser) - Democrats don't currently have a candidate in Maine's Senate race, but they do have a message. A nonprofit allied with a top Senate Democratic super PAC is rolling out a $2.5 million TV and digital blitz in Maine aimed at chipping away at the Republican Sen. Susan...

Supreme Court Tosses Campaign Spending Limits

6-3 ruling expands parties' ability to coordinate big spending with campaigns

(Newser) - The Supreme Court just cleared the way for national party committees to spend far more money in lockstep with their candidates, reports NBC News . In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court's conservative majority struck down federal limits on how much coordinated spending a party can...

Graham Platner: Collins Is Either a Liar or a 'Fool'

Challenger urges voters to remember her deciding vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh

(Newser) - Brett Kavanaugh isn't on the ballot in Maine, but he's suddenly getting a lot of mention in the state's Senate race. Democrats are again zeroing in on Sen. Susan Collins' decisive 2018 vote to confirm the Supreme Court justice, arguing that his 2022 role in overturning Roe v....

SCOTUS Rules 5-4 in Favor of Black Death-Row Inmate

Justices side with Terry Pitchford, who says there was racial bias in makeup of jury in his murder trial

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him. By a 5-4 vote, the justices sided with Terry Pitchford, who was sentenced to death for his role in the killing...

Sotomayor Says She 'Regrets' Remarks About Colleague

Justice says comments about colleague's background and empathy were inappropriate

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is walking back pointed public comments she made about a colleague's background , calling them "inappropriate" and saying she has apologized to the justice, NBC News reports. In a statement released Wednesday, Sotomayor said she regretted "hurtful comments" made during an April 7...

Sotomayor Suggests Kavanaugh Has a Blind Spot

He 'probably doesn't really know any person who works by the hour,' she says in criticism of ruling

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor didn't name Brett Kavanaugh, but she clearly singled out her fellow Supreme Court justice for criticism in public comments, reports Bloomberg Law . Speaking at a University of Kansas law event this week, Sotomayor spoke about a 2025 decision in which the court let the Trump administration resume...

SCOTUS Justices Spar Publicly Over 'Shadow Docket'

Jackson criticizes conservative-backed 'shadow docket' as Kavanaugh defends emergency rulings

(Newser) - Supreme Court tensions over the court's fast-track handling of Trump-era disputes broke into the open Monday as high court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh publicly sparred over the so-called "shadow docket," NBC News reports. Speaking at a Washington event for lawyers and judges, Jackson sharply...

Planning to Assassinate Kavanaugh Brings 8 Years

Federal judge credits Nicholas Roske for giving up on the idea before arrest

(Newser) - A California resident who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison. Nicholas Roske faced a maximum of life in prison, and prosecutors asked for at least 30 years, the AP reports. But a federal judge imposed...

SCOTUS Drops Restrictions on LA Immigration Raids

Judge in lower said there was a 'mountain of evidence' that Constitution was being violated

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has removed restrictions on immigration raids in the Los Angeles region, overturning a lower court's limits that were set after evidence surfaced of agents allegedly targeting individuals based on race and other characteristics. The high court's majority provided no explanation, which is typical for...

Kavanaugh Wrote Decision in Favor of Abortion Pill
Kavanaugh Wrote Decision
in Favor of Abortion Pill
the rundown
Jun 13, 2024 1:10 PM CDT

Kavanaugh Wrote Decision in Favor of Abortion Pill

But narrow ruling on legal standing doesn't mean the fight over mifepristone is over

(Newser) - Advocates of abortion rights won a significant Supreme Court victory on Thursday in a unanimous ruling that means a widely used abortion pill will remain accessible. But the decision was a narrow one—on legal standing, not on the merits of the argument—and it leaves the door open for...

Kavanaugh to Revisit 2018 Brouhaha in Memoir

Supreme Court justice writing book to be released in 2025 or 2026: Axios

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is about to spill the beans. The 59-year-old justice who's been relatively quiet since his animated 2018 confirmation hearings is writing a legal memoir to touch on "everything from the fracas over his 2018 confirmation to the 2022 plot to kill him,"...

Thomas: I'd Have Been Happier on DC Circuit

Justice criticizes 'the nastiness and the lies' he and his wife face

(Newser) - With oral arguments over for this term, Supreme Court justices fanned out across the country over the weekend, providing an unusual flurry of public comments. At an appearance in Texas, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the way to increase public faith in the judicial system is through consistency, transparency, and mutual...

Supreme Court Delivers Bad News to Alabama GOP

SCOTUS will allow redrawing of congressional map to go forward, over state's objections

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed, rejecting the state's plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were struck down by a lower court. In refusing to intervene, the justices, without any noted dissent, allowed...

Kavanaugh: SCOTUS Ethics Changes Are on the Way

He predicts 'concrete steps' in the near future

(Newser) - Public confidence in the Supreme Court is at a 50-year-low, but Justice Brett Kavanaugh says change is on the way. When asked about "perceived ethical issues" at a judicial conference Thursday, Kavanaugh said the court is "continuing to work on those issues," as Chief Justice John Robert...

Supreme Court Has a New 'Most Conservative' Justice

Samuel Alito overtakes Clarence Thomas in analysis

(Newser) - Now that the latest Supreme Court term is in the books, Axios is out with some interesting nuggets about the ideological breakdown. Based on the Martin-Quinn Scores from political scientists Andrew Martin and Kevin Quinn, the site reports that Samuel Alito has overtaken Clarence Thomas as the court's most...

Abortion Pill Fight at SCOTUS May Be 'Boundary Testing'

Legal experts say even conservative judges will see reason to pause

(Newser) - An attorney for abortion pill distributor Danco Laboratories says the company will appeal to the Supreme Court if the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals doesn't block a Texas judge's decision to reverse FDA approval of mifepristone. It's an "unprecedented judicial assault on a careful regulatory...

Kavanaugh on SCOTUS: Divide Is Overplayed in Media

'We work well together,' he says

(Newser) - You might think things are contentious on the Supreme Court, given the apparent division along party lines of the nine justices. But, speaking at an event for Notre Dame's law school this week, Justice Brett Kavanaugh insisted that's not the case, NBC News and CNN report. "There...

Buttigieg: Protesters at Kavanaugh's Dinner A-OK

Transportation secretary sees no issue with protesters outside Morton's

(Newser) - Protesters gathered outside the Morton's steakhouse in Washington, DC, last week as Brett Kavanaugh dined inside, demanding the Supreme Court justice be kicked out. Pete Buttigieg has no problem with that. The transportation secretary was asked about the issue Sunday on Fox News because his husband Chasten tweeted about...

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