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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced a second day of questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Republican senator susan collins of maine. she's someone who supports abortion rights, and just this week she said she supports codifying roe's protections into law. but let's flashback to the summer of 2018. then-president donald trump nominated brett kavanaugh. collins recounted a private conversation she had with him where kavanaugh assured her that roe was, quote, settled law. listen to what she said at the time. >> his views on honoring precedent would preclude attempts to do by stealth that which one has committed not to do overtly. he said decisions become part of our legal framework wi...

All right, so this week's high profile abortion hearing left court watchers convinced the supreme court will likely overturn roe v. wade next summer. if they do that, reports suggest some republicans fear a backlash at the polls while democrats insist they would use the case to animate voters ahead of next year's mid-term elections. but would republicans actually pay a political price? and to be quite honest, i'm not so sure. just look at the strange case of republican senator susan collins of maine. she's someone who supports abortion rights, and just this week she said she supports codifying...

The system currently is operating when you're talking about half of our population. but i want to play for you something that justice roberts had to say about this issue of viability. listen. >> the thing that is at issue before us today is 15 weeks. that's not a dramatic departure from viability. why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> so some have viewed this as the, quote, moderate roberts floating a compromise here. but even if this is the best case scenario, how will a 15-week cut off impact people trying to seek an abortion? >> i mean, as was said in the argument it has all kinds of impacts ...

Operating when you're talking about half of our population. but i want to play for you something that justice roberts had to say about this issue of viability. listen. >> the thing that is at issue before us today is 15 weeks. that's not a dramatic departure from viability. why is 15 weeks not enough time? >> so some have viewed this as the, quote, moderate roberts floating a compromise here. but even if this is the best case scenario, how will a 15-week cut off impact people trying to seek an abortion? >> i mean, as was said in the argument it has all kinds of impacts because the decision abo...