Susan Poses Before Susan Caves To Installing Trumpian Fascism On The Supreme Court

From the Portland Press Herald, Susan Collins prepares the way for her voting for whatever federalist-fascist Trump puts on the Supreme Court.

Collins to judge Trump’s Supreme Court pick without ‘litmus tests’ such as Roe v. Wade support

Her spokeswoman says Maine's Republican senator believes the landmark abortion ruling is settled law, and she won't use the issue to disqualify a candidate to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Considering the precident that Kennedy voted for this week with the rest of the Supreme Court Republican-fascist majority in the Roberts court to gut the long standing precedent, settled law in the Janus ruling, hollower words have never come from the empty vessel of Susan Collins' integrity.

The precedent they overturned in that case is roughly the same age as Roe vs. Wade and it's hardly the only long-term precedent overthrown by justices and judges Collins has voted for.   That is with Trump having vowed that he will make the overturning of Roe his litmus test.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine will not apply an ideological litmus test to the next Supreme Court nominee, a Collins spokeswoman said Thursday. "When Senator Collins evaluates judges, she always looks at their judicial temperament; qualifications; experience; and respect for precedent, the rule of law, and the Constitution," Collins spokeswoman Annie Clark said via email.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine will not apply an ideological litmus test to the next Supreme Court nominee, a Collins spokeswoman said Thursday. "When Senator Collins evaluates judges, she always looks at their judicial temperament; qualifications; experience; and respect for precedent, the rule of law, and the Constitution," Collins spokeswoman Annie Clark said via email.

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine will not apply an ideological litmus test to the next Supreme Court nominee, her spokeswoman said Thursday.

Collins’ position, which is consistent with her past practice on high court nominees, means she won’t factor a nominee’s support for the landmark abortion-rights ruling of Roe v. Wade into her confirmation decision.

Susan Collins' judgement in such matters is rather abysmal, that is if you take the posture of acting out of principle as the standard.  I mentioned recently, she was one of the Senators who presented the racist, white supremacist, partisan perjurer, Jeff Sessions who, since he was installed as the Attorney General has been racist, cruel, heartless and unjust in such things as stealing children from their parents and putting babies in jail to sleep on the floor, in cages, with nothing but space blankets.

Susan Collins NEVER does anything principled, never does anything that goes against the leadership of the Republican Party unless she figures she has to to get something she wants, generally getting the votes of Maine voters who might not  vote her back into office if her pose of integrity is cracked. 

Only if Maine voters put enough pressure on her, expose her to enough risk will they keep her from doing what's best for Susan Collins in going along with Trump and Grassley and McConnell.   And it will take relentless pressure on her to get her to see that doing that isn't what's best for Susan Collins.  Appealing to her alleged principles is a mistake because that only allows her to make the kind of phony pose her spokesman posed in that article.

My message to Susan Collins is to remind her that the fabled Margaret Chase Smith, who everyone thought was in a safe reelection contest, was voted out in her last campaign.  I remember that election very well, no one thought her opponent had any chance until he won.   Susan Collins is no Margaret Chase Smith,  her speech in favor of Jeff Sessions is available as is the text of her speech lying in support of him.    That is the same Jeff Sessions who has sealed his reputation in history as the racist who took children from their parents and put babies in prison.  I can guarantee you that if I get the chance to ask Susan Collins about that, on camera, I will.  I encourage everyone in Maine to throw her record in her face because she ain't the queen.