Article snippet: GOP Sen. MORE (Maine) said Friday that she will support Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, clinching the votes he needs to be confirmed. "I will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh," Collins said at the end of a roughly 45 minute speech on the Senate floor. "Judge Kavanaugh has been unequivocal in his belief that no president is above the law," Collins said. Collins also dismissed concerns from progressives and Democrats that Kavanaugh would provide a fifth vote for weakening or overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the right to an abortion. If confirmed, Kavanaugh will succeed former Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was the fifth vote on a 1992 case upholding Roe v. Wade. "Protecting this right is important to me,” Collins said. “To my knowledge, Judge Kavanaugh is the first Supreme Court nominee to express the view that precedent is not merely a practice and tradition but rooted in Article Three," Collins said. Almost no Democrats were present while Collins spoke, an apparent reflection of the increasingly clear signals she sent to colleagues over the past 24 hours that she would likely vote 'yes.' A small group of protesters interrupted the beginning of her speech, chanting “Show up for women!” and “vote no.” Another group of women dressed mostly in black stomped loudly out of the gallery above the chamber as Collins was midway through her speech. Many of Collins’s GOP colleagues showed up to listen to her speech and show suppo... Link to the full article to read more