In yesterday’s Portland Press Herald, I reported on Sen. Angus King’s announcement that he will oppose Neil Gorsuch‘s elevation to the Supreme Court.
The senator’s statement was a long, detailed, and hard hitting brief against President Trump’s nominee, who he believes will try to return American jurisprudence to its “pre-1935” state, when there were far fewer protections for ordinary people against what we would now call the one percent. Given that King is a pro-business Independent — and a lawyer by profession — it’s a pretty strong rebuke. It also means Maine’s Senators are splitting on the issue, as Republican Susan Collins is supporting the nominee.
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COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author, historian and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at Maine's Portland Press Herald, he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.