Brett Kavanaugh

"It all came together in the end and people realized it was false accusations," Trump said during a phone-in appearance on Fox News after Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Without Kavanaugh's confirmation, the court would have been left with an even 4-4 ideological split for the court's new session that began earlier this week and could have impacted any number of future cases.

Ramirez was one of six known witnesses the FBI interviewed as part of its brief supplemental background investigation into the validity of the sexual assault allegations levied against Kavanaugh.

Large groups of demonstrators massed at various Washington D.C. buildings on Saturday -- hours before a landmark vote would confirm President Trump's nominee Brett Kavanaugh as the ninth justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The media, as has become typical, divided into roaring camps, one of which argued that Kavanaugh could do no wrong, while the other argued that he could do no right.

The Senate's confirmation process of Kavanaugh has been anything but ordinary, and commentary from pundits, lawmakers and hosts over the past few weeks have followed the same ongoing trend of trying to make sense of the unusual nature of what's occurring.

Kavanaugh "basically said it was everyone else's fault but his own what was going on," 'Morning Joe' co-host Mika Brzezinski said.

Murkowski's vote could be crucial to deciding whether Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Television personality Greg Gutfeld lashed out at Democrats for the swell in public opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

"What do you do with a drunken justice?" protesters sang.

The protesters, many of whom have said that they themselves have been victims of sexual assault, have urged senators not to support Kavanaugh in the wake of multiple sexual assault allegations against the nominee.

The campaign circulated a second petition against Kavanaugh's confirmation that has received more than 297,000 signatures.

"If that's an investigation, it's a bullshit investigation," Bob Menendez said in a video posted on his Twitter account.

"Prior to the Kavanaugh hearing, the intensity level was really on the Democratic side," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said.

"We thought a 'calm, cool and collected' shade would be fitting," Lipslut founder Katie Sones said.

Republican Senator Ben Sasse revealed that back in June or early July, he "urged the president" to nominate someone other than Brett Kavanaugh—a woman.

The president may have been referring to a round of Fox News polls that suggested a "Republican trend in the fight for the U.S. Senate."

Jeanine Pirro: "Women who have been victimized are asking the same question, Why do I remember when I was raped?"

Amid the saga over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Democrats' poll advantage decreased as Republicans galvanized.

President Donald Trump reiterated his support of his Supreme Court pick, tweeting: "Wow, such enthusiasm and energy for Judge Brett Kavanaugh."

Columbia Law School professor Bernard Harcourt said he and his peers signed the letter after discussions over Supreme Court nominee's "unprecedented and unfathomable" behavior.

Republican leadership told the FBI to limit the scope of the inquiry, reportedly causing uncertainty at the bureau.

Attorney Michael Avenatti said the woman is willing to come forward to assist the FBI with its investigation.

"I thought Kavanaugh was treated like crap," said the Republican senator, to which those attending the event responded immediately with boos. "Yea, well, boo yourself."

What bisects America so fundamentally today that some are talking about a second civil war?

Would the full might of social media have shifted sentiment in 1991?

The Kavanaugh hearings were more a Rorschach test than anything else, revealing more about us—the American people—than the innocence of the accuser or accused.

A letter reportedly written by Brett Kavanaugh in 1983 makes multiple references to drinking.

The president's son lashed out at his critics on Twitter.

Ford alleged that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in 1982.