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It looks like Susan Collins bet wrong on Brett Kavanaugh and Roe v. Wade

(CNN)As Sen. Susan Collins was preparing to cast a deciding vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018, the Main Republican insisted that he had told her directly that he considered Roe v. Wade settled law.

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My fervent hope is that Brett Kavanaugh will work to lessen the divisions in the Supreme Court so we have far fewer 5-4 decisions and so that public confidence in our judiciary and our highest court is restored, she said in a floor speech announcing her decision.

In an interview with CNN the following year, Collins, who supports abortion rights, said that Kavanaugh said under oath many times, as well as to me personally many times, that he considers Roe to be 'precedent upon precedent' because it had been reaffirmed in the Casey v. Planned Parenthood case.

Similarly, Collins told CNN in 2018 that she didn't believe Justice Neil Gorsuch, who she voted to confirm the previous year, would want to overturn Roe v. Wade.

I had a very long discussion with Justice Gorsuch in my office and he pointed out to me that he is a co-author of a whole book on precedent, Collins said at the time.

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