Last Saturday, the Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the newest Supreme Court justice.  Following interruptions by protesters, the Senate’s vote was confirmed at 50-48. This vote comes after the previous week’s Senate hearings of Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, one of three women who accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.

During her testimony, Dr. Ford recalled the events of a summer party in the early 1980s where she claims a “stumbling drunk” Kavanaugh forced her into a bedroom and groped her while attempting to undress her. She reported that she had not told anyone of the attack at the time of its occurrence, but assured the Senate committee that she was “100% certain” that Kavanaugh was her attacker. Beginning her testimony, Ford noted,“I am not here because I want to be, I am terrified”.

Later that afternoon, Brett Kavanaugh testified in front of the same Senate Committee to defend his innocence. “This confirmation process has become a national disgrace,” he argued. Referencing the Constitution, Kavanaugh claimed that Senate had replaced the “advice and consent of the Constitution with search and destroy” and accused Democratic senators of sabotaging the process altogether.

The embattled confirmation process did not end there. After countless attacks on both parties and questions of conspiracy, the Senate committee agreed to hold the nomination process and final vote for one week in order to allow the FBI to review and investigate the allegations.

Following the investigation, which itself was highly debated, the Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the newest Supreme Court Justice on October 6, 2018.