The new #SCOTUS line up with Justice Kavanaugh on the bench pic.twitter.com/GbcFiIXD89

— Ann Marimow (@amarimow) October 9, 2018

The Supreme Court announces that Brett Kavanaugh will be sworn in immediately.

The Senate’s 50-48 confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh sets into motion a series of legal battles that will unfold for years to come over abortion rights, executive power, the administrative state, and other issues yet to be foreseen. These are not the battles progressive activists expected or wanted to fight. It feels like a generational setback. You don’t usually get to pick your battles. They are thrust on you. But it is the fight at hand, and it is only just beginning.

It’s a mere formality at this point, but the Senate is about to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.  The voting is set to begin shortly. TPM’s Tierney Sneed is at the Capitol.

SEN FLAKE says he plans to vote yes tomorrow on Kavanaugh unless something big changes and he doesn’t see what would change. Says was a hard decision for everybody.

— Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) October 5, 2018

We don’t know yet when the votes on the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation will be happening, but here’s our working understanding:

Chuck Grassley declares that the handcuffed FBI probe turned up nothing new on Brett Kavanaugh.

Another intense day on Capitol Hill as the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation saga continues:

During this first break in the hearing, a quick survey of the media reaction suggests (i) a near universal* sympathy toward Christine Blasey Ford, who appeared poised, credible, sincere and compelling; and (ii) that even Fox News observers see this as devastating testimony for Senate Republicans still trying to push through the Kavanaugh nomination.

*Conservative Twitter was predictably ugly. More soon on that …

Cameron Joseph on the scene in the overflow room (for Prime subscribers) for the Kavanaugh hearing.