Kavanaugh sticks to his position on guns, dodges questions about abortion, presidential power
WASHINGTON - Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday defended his broad view of gun rights and restrictions on abortion for young immigrant women, but refused to say whether a president can be ordered to answer questions in a criminal investigation.
Facing senators during a second day of his confirmation hearing, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee proved adept at giving lengthy answers to questions without revealing his views on matters of controversy.
"You're learning to filibuster," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., told him when he steered around her question on whether the president is shielded from being investigated or questioned while in office.
In law review articles in 1998 and 2009, Kavanaugh said the president "should be excused from some of the burdens of ordinary citizenship while
