Senate hearings underway for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Judge Brett Kavanaugh arrives for testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building.

Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) pause as protesters disrupt the confirmation hearing of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, flanked by Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), left, and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), makes an opening statement at the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing.

A protester is removed as Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears before his Senate confirmation hearing.

Women dressed as characters from the novel-turned-TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” stand in an elevator at the Hart Senate Office Building as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh starts the first day of his confirmation hearings.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) delivers remarks as Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

A protestor from Code Pink holds up a sign as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attends the first day of his confirmation hearing.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens during the first day of his Senate confirmation hearing.