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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia

Trump justices ‘lied to Senate’ over Roe v Wade, Schumer says, Collins complains nominees were ‘inconsistent’

AFP

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer railed against the Supreme Court on Tuesday after a draft opinion to overturn Roe v Wade leaked late on Monday evening, accusing former president Donald Trump’s judicial nominees of lying to the US Senate.

“The Republican-appointed justices recorded votes to overturn Roe v Wade will go down as an abomination,” he said. “Several of these conservative justices, who were in no way accountable to the American people, have lied to the US Senate, ripped up the Constitution, and defiled both precedent and the Supreme Court’s reputation.”

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