Slim majority of voters oppose Barrett hearings, consistent majority support Roe v. Wade, poll finds

Abortion is likely to be a focus of questioning during hearings given the sharp partisan divide on the issue as well as Barrett's conservative judicial philosophy and anti-abortion positions.

Court nominee Barrett vows fair approach to justice, but Democrats skeptical

Democrats kept the focus on health care and the risks of overturning the Affordable Care Act in the first of 4 days of hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

Protesters demand stronger promise from Sen. Collins.

Topics included Supreme Court vacancy, reproductive rights, health care, minority rights.

Explainer: What’s next with the Supreme Court vacancy?

Republican efforts to fill Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat after her death are likely to move swiftly this coming week

Ginsburg remembered, heralded at Augusta vigil

Speakers included state Sen. Shenna Bellows D-Manchester, executive director of the The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine in Augusta; state Sen. Cathy Breen, D-Falmouth; Maeghan Maloney, district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties; and activist Betsy Sweet.

Conservative appeals court judge emerges as favorite to be Trump’s nominee

The president met Monday with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who was a strong contender for the Supreme Court seat that eventually went to Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

Donald Trump attacks Susan Collins over Supreme Court nomination timeline

Speaking on Fox News on Monday morning, the president said Maine's Republican senator is "very badly hurt," by suggesting whomever wins the presidential election on Nov. 3 should decide on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of women’s rights, dies at 87

Ginsburg spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing and became something of a rock star to her admirers, particularly young women.

How Maine’s Supreme Court is a different case study than that of the nation’s

Roberts court draws partisan fire-and rising public acclaim

Critiques from the left and right are bolstering an image of independence Chief Justice John Roberts has long sought to foster for the Supreme Court.