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"[Supreme Court] nominees have to be able to answer questions with sufficient substance," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer.

Chuck Schumer met with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Judge rejects challenge to Invest in Education Act

By MELISSA DANIELS - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joins protesters objecting to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at a rally Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats threaten to sue National Archives for Kavanaugh documents

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Heitkamp: Talked with Kavanaugh about precedent

Associated Press

Bevin defends pension law in hard-hitting speech

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law Monday, June 4, 2018, in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Christian baker vindicated by SCOTUS back in court for not baking a gender transitioning cake

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh has amassed millions of pages of documents during his tenure. (Associated Press)

Democrats making absurd transparency criticisms over the Kavanaugh confirmation process

By Matt Mackowiak - The Washington Times

West Virginia House Speaker Pro Tempore John Overington, top, presides over the start of a hearing Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at the state Capitol in Charleston, W. Va. The House of Delegates is considering the impeachment of the entire state Supreme Court in a scandal over $3.2 million in office renovations. (AP Photo/John Raby)

The Latest: All 4 West Virginia justices impeached

Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 3, 2012, file photo, shows West Virginia Supreme Court Republican candidate Allen Loughry. The West Virginia House of Delegates is taking the step of considering impeachment articles against all four remaining state Supreme Court justices. The House plans to meet Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, to discuss 14 articles and make recommendations. If any of the articles are approved, a trial would be held in the state Senate. Suspended Justice Loughry, who was indicted in federal court in June, is named in eight impeachment articles. (Craig Cunningham/The Daily Mail via AP, File)

Lawmakers impeach all 4 W.Va. court justices over spending

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 2017 file photo, a woman walks out of a convenience store where tobacco is sold in Helena, Mont. A tobacco industry-funded group is asking the Montana Supreme Court to re-phrase a ballot initiative that would raise tobacco taxes to pay for the state's Medicaid expansion and other health programs. The lawsuit filed Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 by Montanans Against Higher Taxes says the ballot statement's wording is incorrect and will cause voter confusion. (AP Photo/Matt Volz, File)

Montana attorney says changes to tax initiative unnecessary

Associated Press

Church abuse report, 2 years in works, may soon be released

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

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 in Atlanta at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. The Senate will begin a confirmation hearing for Kavanaugh on Sept. 4, the Sen. check Grassley, R-Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee says.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Memo shows Kavanaugh resisted indicting a sitting president

By LISA MASCARO and MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo, from left, Justice Paula Nakayama, Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald and Justices Sabrina McKenna and Michael Wilson preside at a hearing before the Hawaii Supreme Court in Honolulu. Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Michael Wilson weighing the fate of a controversial giant telescope says he received emails from a land board member who voted in favor of the project. Justice Wilson filed a notice saying he didn't read the emails he received from Sam Gon last month. The notice reminds those involved in the case that communicating with justices is prohibited. (Craig T. Kojima/The Star-Advertiser via AP, Pool, File)

Prohibited emails to telescope case judge prompts notice

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

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, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kanavanaugh confirmation hearing set for Sept. 4

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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 in Atlanta at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. The Senate will begin a confirmation hearing for Kavanaugh on Sept. 4, the Sen. check Grassley, R-Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee says.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kavanaugh in memo argued against indicting sitting president

By LISA MASCARO and MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 2014 file photo, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper presents his drivers license for identification purposes to Heather Ditty, elections manager for the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters, as he turns in boxes of petitions for a ballot initiative that would ask voters to split California into six separate states in Sacramento, Calif. The court struck venture capitalist Draper's initiative from the ballot in July 2018 as part of a legal challenge in response to a lawsuit but didn't rule on the merits of the case. Draper says he's giving up on the effort after the state Supreme Court knocked it off the November 2018 ballot. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Billionaire drops quest to split California into 3 parts

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Iowa Supreme Court halts absentee issues in voter ID law

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

Attorney J. Guthrie True speaks with reporters outside of the Kentucky Supreme Court chambers on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky. True argued the court should strike down a law requiring medical malpractice lawsuits first be reviewed by a panel of doctors before they can be filed in court. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Supreme Court examines Kentucky’s medical review panels

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE – In this May 9, 2017, file photo, Bill Lager, center in cap, co-founder of Ohio's largest online charter school, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow or ECOT, speaks to hundreds of supporters during a rally outside the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, that the state had authority to calculate ECOT's funding using student participation data rather than only enrollment, in the latest blow to the now-dismantled online charter school. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

Court: State can base e-school funding on participation data

By KANTELE FRANKO and JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press