A vigil on the night of October 3 in protest of Kavanaugh. (Photo by Victoria Pickering)

A vigil on the night of October 3 in protest of Kavanaugh. (Photo by Victoria Pickering)

Update 6:35 p.m.

United States Capitol Police arrested a total of 302 protesters at U.S. Senate buildings on Thursday.

At around 3:30 p.m., 293 people were arrested in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building and charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding under the D.C. code., according to USCP.

At about 5:20 p.m., Capitol Police arrested nine more people on the fourth floor of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and they were also charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding under the D.C. code.

Update 4:30 p.m.

Capitol police have started making arrests at the Hart Senate building as huge crowds of people protest Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

After rallying at the Supreme Court, some protesters affiliated with the Women’s March had planned to “shut down” the Capitol building with a civil disobedience action likely to result in arrests. The police barricaded the area to prevent them from getting through. So, instead, they made their way over to the Hart Senate Building.

Officers started making arrests just before 4 p.m. Actress and comedian Amy Schumer was among the people arrested.

Here’s another view of the arrests:

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A throng of protesters rallied outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in D.C. today starting at around 12:30 p.m. to protest the potential appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh currently presides over the Barrett Prettyman courthouse at 333 Constitution Avenue NW.

The protest is part of a day-long schedule of events that may later include celebrities (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, and others are listed are listed on the protest’s website, which says that not everyone will be in D.C.).

The rally has been organized by the Women’s March in partnership with several other organizations and coalitions. It includes a march from Prettyman to the Supreme Court.

The crowds are huge, possibly thousands of people. Here’s a shot from early this afternoon before the march to SCOTUS:

Elizabeth Warren showed up during the rally.

After the rally at Prettyman, protesters started their march:

There was one pro-Kavanaugh counterprotester marching alongside the procession. Police eventually removed him from the crowd.

You can watch the protest live here.

This post will be updated.

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