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Kavanaugh Will Give <em>Roe v. Wade</em> ‘Deference’ but Could Vote to Overturn the Ruling

So said Senator Lindsey Graham on <em>Fox News Sunday</em>. The Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “will give great deference to <em>Roe v. Wade</em>,” Graham predicted. “But it can be overturned, like every other decision.”
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Official Washington came together last week to honor John McCain. A memorial service for the Republican senator from Arizona on Friday at the Capitol to a different, more civil time in America. On Saturday, two former presidents—one a Democrat, one a Republican, both of whom defeated McCain to reach the Oval Office—delivered stirring eulogies at the Washington National Cathedral. “believed in honest argument and hearing other views. He understood that if we get in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy, our democracy will not work. That’s why he was willing to buck his own party at times, occasionally work across the aisle on campaign-finance reform

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