Fried quoted in American Prospect article on Sen. Collins’ role in Supreme Court nomination
The American Prospect quoted Amy Fried, a professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Maine, in an article on Senator Susan Collins and her potential actions related to President Donald Trump’s nomination for the next Supreme Court Justice. Sen. Collins has suggested she will not focus on “ideological litmus tests,” such as whether or not the nominee would support or oppose rolling back Roe v. Wade, saying that she would support someone who valued “established decisions, established law,” according to the article. “At this point it looks more likely that she [Collins] will end up voting for a nominee,” said Fried, drawing on the voting history of Sen. Collins, who has “been under more scrutiny for her votes lately, and under more pressure,” according to Fried.