The 'handmaids' were lined up in the hall again Wednesday in a Senate office building as Judge Brett Kavanaugh faced his first day of aggressive political ping-pong with lawmakers who will determine whether he takes a seat on the Supreme Court.
Following the arrests of 70 anti-Kavanaugh dissenters on Tuesday during the first day of confirmation hearings, Judiciary Committee staffers reassigned half of the 44 public seats to themselves.
Protesters, however, still managed to embed themselves in the hearing room and began to pipe up just seconds after Republican Chairman Chuck Grassley recounted the previous day's chaos.
'Sham president, sham justice!' an anti-gun-rights activist shouted as she and another demonstrator were led out. 'No more NRA justices! Stop the slaughter of our children!'
Another rhetorical warrior howled 'Mother Earth! Mother Earth! Mother Earth! Mother Earth!' as she was marched to the door.
At least 15 uniformed U.S. Capitol Police officers were on hand for the hearing.
A series of protesters were removed by police after disrupting the second day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday
Kavanaugh referred to his copy of the U.S. Constitution and kept his cool, stopping to listen to loud interjections and then picking up where he had left off
Protestors dressed in costumes from the dystopian TV show 'The Handmaid's Tale' gathered for a second day outside the Senate hearing room in a silent protest of what they fear the Supreme Court might do to abortion rights with a conservative majority in charge
Demonstrators took shots at Kavanaugh and President Donald Trump, casting the proceedings as a 'mafia' exercise and declaring the judge was 'Trump's puppet'
Kavanaugh smiled at his wife Ashley after he arrived and took his place in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room
Kavanaugh is a federal appeals court judge, and President Donald Trump's pick to fill the second Supreme Court vacancy during his time in office
One protester after another got airtime Wednesday on television
Grassley recalled that 'Democratic senators interrupted the hearing 63 times before lunch,' and 'in the audience 70 people were arrested yesterday who were following their lead.'
But ultimately he acknowledged that he could do little to stem the river of criticism voiced before a global audience.
So while Kavanaugh held up his thumbed and worn copy of the U.S. Constitution and declared that it 'tilts toward liberty,' a woman 20 feet behind him yelled 'You're Trump's puppet!' – and television broadcasts carried it live.
Grassley told the room that the interruptions would 'come out of my time,' meaning that he wouldn't stop the clock on his 30-minute allotment for questions.
'But it's okay,' he shrugged.
'Let these people have their free speech and interrupt the other 300 million people listening,' the elderly Iowan told Kavanaugh. 'If they want to affect [how] the other 300 million people hear from you, then that's just too bad.'
At one mention of President Donald Trump, another protester boomed: 'He's the first presidential criminal!'
A woman wrote 'YES MEANS DEATH' on a newspaper, protesting about what remained an unknown subject
The 'handmaids, lined a suspended walkway in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday
'You are a man of integrity! You yourself should cancel the appearance. You yourself should revoke yourself,' one protester hollered Wednesday at Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill
'Sham president, sham justice!' an anti-gun-rights activist shouted as she and another demonstrator were led out. 'No more NRA justices!'
White House Counsel Don McGahn (right) attended Wednesday's hearing
Most of the morning's proceedings concerned deep legal issues including gun rights, women's equality, abortion and privacy
The prevailing conflict in the hearing's early going wasn't between Democrats and Republicans, but between Kavanaugh's calm and professorial tone and the aggressive voices who were heard for about five seconds before each ejection.
While the judge waxed about judicial independence and taught a history lesson about how the Warren Burger court adjudicated 'U.S. vs. Nixon,' a protester insisted that he himself call a stop to the proceedings.
'You are a man of integrity! You yourself should cancel the appearance. You yourself should revoke yourself,' she hollered.
Kavanaugh picked up where he had left off, talking about the need for a judge to focus on 'resisting public pressure, political pressure.
'It's treating everyone equally,' he said.
Committee Republicans on Tuesday exposed a weekend conference call in which Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer allegedly helped liberal advocacy groups organize their opposition.
One activist yelled 'Women's rights is what (sic) at stake!'
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein needled Kavanaugh with an admission he made last year that hs views on gun control might be out of step with other 'lower-court judges'
Protesters interrupted Republican committee chairman Chuck Grassley's time questioning Kavanaugh more than a half-dozen times, but stayed silent when Democrats had their first turn
Chriaman Chuck Grassley (right) conceded that he had little power to prevent outbursts and shrugged that freedom of speech would prevail
One protester insisted that he wasn't part of any larger cabal: 'We are not working with the Democrats! We are working for ourselves!'
Grassley complained about time 'wasted on disruption and disorder.' Seconds later a man rose to his feet and screamed about needed protections for women, minorities and Americans with disabilities.
'This is a Democracy, not the Mafia!' another blared.
And in a direct appeal to senators who will cast votes on Kavanaugh, a woman chanted 'Yes means death!' until her voice disappeared down a marble corridor.
Ranking Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, in a preamble to her opening question about gun control, smiled warmly at Kavanaugh.
'I'm sorry about the circumstances,' she said, clearly referring to the protests. 'But we'll get through it.'
Protesters allowed her to question Kavanaugh about gun control and abortion politics without interruption.
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Main photo article The ‘handmaids’ were lined up in the hall again Wednesday in a Senate office building as Judge Brett Kavanaugh faced his first day of aggressive political ping-pong with lawmakers who will determine whether he takes a seat on the Supreme Court.
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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