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Alumni, faculty push to revoke Susan Collins’ honorary degree over Kavanaugh vote

By Caitlin Yilek
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Alumni, faculty push to revoke Susan Collins’ honorary degree over Kavanaugh vote

Alumni and faculty at Sen. Susan Collins’ alma mater are demanding the university revoke an honorary degree she received last year after she voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

More than 1,800 alumni and dozens of staff members at St. Lawrence University are sending letters to the college on Tuesday calling for the revocation of the honorary degree, according to CBS News. Collins, R-Maine, graduated from the northern New York university in 1975.

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