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Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in on Saturday as US Supreme Court justice following the closest Senate confirmation vote in more than a century, marking a major win for President Donald Trump's drive to move the country's political institutions to the right.
The Senate voted 50-48 to approve Kavanaugh as protesters rallied across the country against a nominee who has been plagued by allegations of sexual misconduct as a young man and had questions raised over his candor and partisan rhetoric.
The prolonged nomination battle has roiled American politics and passions - the vote was disrupted on several occasions by angry protests from the gallery - but handed Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency.
WATCH: Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as associate justice of the Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/eOVtntUrXLIt drew the line under a bruising nomination process defined by harrowing testimony from a woman who says Kavanaugh tried to rape her when they were teenagers - and by his fiery rebuttal.
- MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 6, 2018
BREAKING: Senate votes to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, 50-48, after highly contentious confirmation battle. https://t.co/DQbdRxlr5E pic.twitter.com/Jsw8dtPIXIThe two-vote margin of victory made it the closest Supreme Court confirmation vote since 1881 - and by far the most contentious since Clarence Thomas in 1991.
- ABC News (@ABC) October 6, 2018
President Trump: "One of the reasons I chose him is because there is nobody with a squeaky-clean past like Brett Kavanaugh. He is an outstanding person, and I'm very honored to have chosen him." pic.twitter.com/ThTAVW68h0"I am here because President Trump mocked sexual assault victims," said North Carolina native Kara Harrington, 50.
- NBC News (@NBCNews) October 6, 2018
EARLIER TODAY: Demonstrators protest against the confirmation of SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh. pic.twitter.com/e3OAukBhcySenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has railed against Kavanaugh's critics, said he was "proud" of his colleagues while Vice President Mike Pence, who presided in the Senate during the vote, called it a "historic day for our country."
- The Hill (@thehill) October 7, 2018
EARLIER TODAY: A protester climbed a statue in front of Supreme Court prior to Brett Kavanaugh swearing-in. pic.twitter.com/BLGQbvAnBnBut the Kavanaugh spectacle, fueled by extraordinary accusations and counter-claims in nationally televised hearings, and tense battles over an 11th-hour FBI investigation to address the assault allegations, has inflamed political passions.
- The Hill (@thehill) October 7, 2018
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