Brett Kavanaugh confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, cementing conservative control of the nation’s highest court

The Senate voted Saturday to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice, solidifying conservative control of the highest court in the land for years to come and ending a bitter battle over his nomination.

Kavanaugh's confirmation was not just a chance for Republicans to shift the court to the right for what could be decades but was also a test of how public officials responded to the raw emotions unleashed by the allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh as part of the #MeToo movement.