Collins: Gorsuch and Kavanaugh misled on Roe during confirmation hearings

By Juliegrace Brufke

Published May 3, 2022 5:16pm ET

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Collins: Gorsuch and Kavanaugh misled on Roe during confirmation hearings — Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh (left) and Neil Gorsuch (right) are seen. | (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner; AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a key centrist in Congress’s upper chamber, said the leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court will rule to overturn Roe v. Wade indicates Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh misled lawmakers during their confirmation processes.

The Maine Republican’s comments come in the wake of a bombshell Politico report that featured Justice Samuel Alito’s draft of the majority decision.

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