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President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, takes notes as the Senate Judiciary Committee members make opening statements during his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kavanaugh must recuse from all Trump cases, legal scholars say

President Trump has so badly poisoned the confirmation process for his Supreme Court nominee that the entire proceedings must be shelved, superstar Harvard University law professor Laurence H. Tribe said Tuesday, tossing a new objection onto the pile.

September 4, 2018
In this Dec. 30, 2012, file photo, then-Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., walks between the Senate chamber and the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Jon Kyl to replace John McCain as senator

Former Sen. Jon Kyl will return to the chamber to take the seat of the late Sen. John McCain, giving the GOP timely reinforcements ahead of critical votes on a Supreme Court nominee.

September 4, 2018
Non-citizens who sign up to vote appear to do so at motor vehicle bureaus. Of the 18 accused voters for which The Washington Times was able to find state records, all of them registered at North Carolina DMVs. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrants use Motor Voter to get on rolls, can’t be removed

Elvis David Fullerton has voted in 16 elections in North Carolina dating back nearly two decades. The only problem, authorities say, is he's not a citizen and never should have been on the voter rolls, much less allowed to step into a polling booth to cast a ballot.

September 3, 2018
Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh debated campaign finance law with colleagues while serving in the White House. (Associated Press/File)

Brett Kavanaugh has Democrats in ‘nuclear option’ regret

With attempts to attack Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's record failing, Democrats over the weekend mounted a last-ditch bid to derail his confirmation to the Supreme Court by claiming that the vetting process is so bad that it demands a do-over.

September 2, 2018
FILE - In this July 19, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh glances at reporters during a meeting with Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kavanaugh has been a conservative team player, and the Supreme Court nominee has stepped up to make a play at key moments in politics, government and the law dating to the Bill Clinton era. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Kavanaugh: Campaign finance limits likely unconstitutional

As a White House lawyer Brett Kavanaugh was skeptical of Congress's ability to impose major restrictions on fundraising in American politics, according to newly released emails that show him debating other White House lawyers over the constitutionality of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill.

September 1, 2018
President Barack Obama meets with a group of "Dreamers" in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 4, 2015. (Associated Press **FILE**

Obama-era DACA program likely illegal: Judge

Immigrant-rights groups are urging "Dreamers" to quickly renew their protections under the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty after a federal court put the program on thin ice late last week.

August 31, 2018
In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, officiates at the swearing-in of Judge Britt Grant to take a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. Kavanaugh has expressed concern about federal agencies running amok. But his view that they should adhere strictly to laws passed by Congress worries liberals. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rochelle Garza, lawyer for illegal immigrant abortions, to testify against Brett Kavanaugh

The lawyer who battled for illegal immigrant teens seeking access abortions in the U.S. will be one of Democrats' witnesses against Judge Brett Kavanaugh in next week's confirmation hearings. Rochelle Garza served as guardian for several illegal immigrants in Texas who clashed with the Trump administration over their pregnancies, battling all the way to the circuit court of appeals in Washington, where they won their case -- over the objections of Judge Kavanaugh.

August 30, 2018
Don Blankenship listens to arguments in the West Virginia Supreme Court Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. The state Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a bid by former coal CEO Blankenship to get his name on the ballot in November’s U.S. Senate race in West Virginia. (Chris Dorst/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

W.Va. ousts GOP spoiler Blankenship from Senate race

West Virginia's Supreme Court kicked a potential spoiler candidate off the ballot Wednesday in the state's critical Senate race, ruling that he lost the GOP primary and can't now run under another party's banner.

August 29, 2018