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Jake Johnson

Collins' challenge: Impeach Kavanaugh

Susan Collins and Brett Kavanaugh Getty Images/Salon

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a self-styled moderate who postures as a defender of reproductive rights, has said repeatedly in recent years that she would not support a Supreme Court nominee who demonstrates "hostility" to Roe v. Wade.

But late Monday, "Politico" reported that right-wing Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh — Trump picks who Collins voted to confirm — supported a 67-page draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito that, if finalized, would spell the end of Roe v. Wade and imperil abortion rights across the United States.

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