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Susan Collins Blasts Political Attacks on SCOTUS, as Barrett, Kagan Ask Senate for Funding Boost

Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins called out the top Senate Democrat and other public officials for potentially encouraging violence against Supreme Court justices.

Collins, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, warned about heated rhetoric during a Tuesday hearing on the Supreme Court’s budget request that featured testimony from Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan.

“It’s appalling to me that some of the rhetoric is coming from public officials on both sides of the aisle who should know better than to levy personal and political attacks against the judiciary and the court specifically,” Collins said.

While she didn’t name Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., she referenced comments that matched his 2020 speech delivered in front of the Supreme Court building, warning Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh about future rulings.

“For example, a senator stood in front of the Supreme Court building and called out two members by name, saying that they had released the whirlwind, and that they........

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