Law, Power, and Justice

On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first in a series of eight “Arctic Frost Accountability” subcommittee hearings…
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In July, Maine Independent Senator Angus King, who is also near the top of that list, became the first member of the Democratic caucus to support a Trump nominee when he voted for Josh Divine, a Missouri district court nominee who had both incredibly limited legal experience and also a lengthy and alarming record on reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ equality.

Days later, King confessed that his vote for one of Trump’s most extreme nominees was an oopsie, saying that he “took Josh Hawley’s advice” without doing his homework first. “In retrospect, I think it was a mistake, from what I’ve learned about Mr. Divine since,” King said. “But sometimes, you rely on your colleagues.”