Two buses gather to take members of the Senate to the White House, after the US Senate confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, at the Capitol in Washington.

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Demonstrators gathered outside the Supreme Court Monday night to both support and protest Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Her supporters cheered after hearing the Senate had voted shortly after 8 o’clock to confirm Barrett, 52-48.

Some in the crowd carried signs with Barret’s picture. Others dressed as “handmaids,” from the Margaret Atwood novel to protest the new justice.

In a video captured by NBC’s Shomari Stone, a Barrett supporter — who is not wearing a mask — shouts at protesters that “abortion is murder.”

Demonstrators gathered outside the Supreme Court throughout the afternoon. It’s been the site of frequent protests since President Donald Trump announced his pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after her death in September.

Barrett’s confirmation — with eight days left until Election Day and more than 60 million ballots already cast — cements a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court.

After the confirmation, President Trump hosted  a swearing-in ceremony for Barrett at the White House. She was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas. Barrett must still take the judicial oath, and timing for that has not been released yet.

About 200 people attended the White House ceremony, but they sat spaced out on the South Lawn and the majority of guests wore masks, Bloomberg’s Jennifer Jacobs reports.

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It’s been exactly one month Barrett’s nomination ceremony in the Rose Garden, where guests sat close together and hardly anyone wore a mask. At least a dozen attendees later tested positive for the coronavirus.

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