The Senate confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 became highly contentious, featuring an initial four-day session by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee from September 4 to 7, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). This phase focused on Kavanaugh's judicial record, including his time in the George W. Bush White House, views on Roe v. Wade, gun rights, and post-9/11 policies, but was disrupted by protesters and disputes over access to over 42,000 pages of documents released shortly before. A supplemental hearing on September 27 included testimony from Christine Blasey Ford alleging a 1982 sexual assault by Kavanaugh in high school, and Kavanaugh's vehement denial, describing the process as a 'search and destroy' and 'revenge on behalf of the Clintons.' Additional allegations emerged from Deborah Ramirez (published in The New Yorker) of drunken misconduct at Yale, and Julie Swetnick claiming involvement in gang rapes. The hearings drew over 20 million viewers for the September 27 session and involved extensive legal and political debate over Kavanaugh's fitness for the Court. The Committee voted 11-10 along party lines on September 28 to advance the nomination, followed by the full Senate invoking cloture 51-49 on October 5 and confirming Kavanaugh 50-48 on October 6, securing a conservative Supreme Court majority amid nationwide protests and comparisons to the 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings.