Natalie Delgadillo
Update 3:52 p.m.
The United States Capitol Police has confirmed that 57 people were arrested for protesting Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination near the Supreme Court building Thursday afternoon. They were charged with crowding, obstructing, or incommoding under the D.C. Code.
Two additional people were arrested at the same location for crossing a police line, according to USCP.
Update 3:22 p.m.
On the way to the Supreme Court, protesters risked arrest by sitting across First Street NE.
We’re sitting in outside the Supreme Court because this is OUR court pic.twitter.com/VBxBvQbhWC
— Women’s March (@womensmarch) September 27, 2018
According to Women’s March’s Twitter, women are being arrested in front of the Supreme Court now.
HAPPENING NOW: Women are being arrested for peacefully protesting. Women will spend more time in jail trying to keep abusers off the court than the abusers themselves will. #CancelKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/mMfAn9hUEM
— Women’s March (@womensmarch) September 27, 2018
Sally Kohn, a liberal commentator, is among those that has been arrested.
sally kohn being arrested pic.twitter.com/gKttxA8Is0
— libby watson (@libbycwatson) September 27, 2018
Original
Since early Thursday morning, hundreds of people have been gathering at the U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court either to protest Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the nation’s highest court, or to support it. Both Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both high school students in Bethesda, and Kavanaugh himself are testifying before the Senate.
#CancelKavanaugh: A group back in Hart just started singing. If they don’t stop they’ll be arrested, an officer says. First warning. pic.twitter.com/SNFEKrp0Yi
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) September 27, 2018
There were at least five separate protests planned against Kavanaugh on Thursday, organized by the National Women’s Law Center, the Women’s March, D.C. Men Supporting Hear Our Voice, Survivor Supporting Circles, and NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland.
There is also one rally in support of the judge hosted by Concerned Women for America.
Supporters of Judge Brett Kavanaugh spotted outside of the hearing room. https://t.co/TDA1v3D4sW
Video via @chrisgordonnews #KavanaughHearings pic.twitter.com/4hRNhoCWYc
— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) September 27, 2018
At 12:30 p.m., the largest rally, led by the Women’s March, is holding a moment of silence in support of Christine Blasey Ford and survivors of sexual assault.
As Blasey Ford gave her opening statement in front of the Senate Thursday morning, many protesters had emotional responses.
As the Kavanaugh hearing proceeds, women huddle in groups and cling to phones, tracking the live coverage unfold in their palms while amid protests in the Hart Senate office building. There are visceral reactions here — lots of head shaking, tears and gasps. #KavanaughHearings pic.twitter.com/p4Wf2DoIZ5
— Nicole D. Sganga (@NicoleSganga) September 27, 2018
About 100 women are marching on the Supreme Court, where they’ll leave flowers with messages supporting Dr. Ford, reports WTOP reporter Alejandro Alvarez.
#ChristineBlaseyFord: There’s about a hundred women getting ready to march on SCOTUS, where they’ll leave these flowers with messages supporting Dr. Ford. pic.twitter.com/fp846Jbf7U
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) September 27, 2018
This story has been updated with additional photos and tweets as the protests have gone on.
