It’s almost hard to believe that Brett Kavanaugh‘s confirmation to the Supreme Court was only roadblocked for less than a month before the Senate voted to confirm his nomination on Saturday. It feels like Christine Blasey Ford came forward months ago to describe what she characterized as an attempted rape carried out by Kavanaugh and a friend of his, Mark Judge, when they were in high school. The past three weeks have aged us all.
But even though multiple women have come forward to say that Kavanaugh committed acts of sexual impropriety toward them—and his chaotic confirmation hearing ended in an FBI investigation that didn’t include interviews with Kavanaugh or Ford—President Donald Trump‘s swore-in his pick to the court on Monday night.
However, it appears that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wasn’t going to let his swearing-in happen without her final dissent. Ginsburg, no stranger to fandom and meme celebrity herself, seems to have become a last act of “resistance” for women on Kavanaugh’s way onto the court, her striking side-eye contrasting deeply from the men seen laughing alongside her.
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1049463825890779136
Honestly, same girl. #RBG #Kavanaugh #SCOTUS #Trump pic.twitter.com/1vfqYYyRhS
— Shawn (@ShawnAnthony93) October 8, 2018
It seems that others picked up Ginsburg’s disapproving demeanor, too, making her the perfect reactionary meme to the last leg of Kavanaugh’s challenged but fairly protected journey onto the Supreme Court.
https://twitter.com/kevinpokeeffe/status/1049447408709427200
Poor RBG having deal with this belligerent misogynist. https://t.co/BQNkZV62pU
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) October 8, 2018
RBG looks like she is literally cringing. As all decent people are at this new Kavanaugh lie.https://t.co/xLoKVQQ5np
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) October 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/deepwatermike/status/1049649447750258699
Woman rising to the occasion. Not so much the men. #resist #kavanaugh #thisisserious #RBG #trumpiscrazy pic.twitter.com/TR4PQykyYS
— Sarah Hays (@mindfullatlast) October 9, 2018
Others thought that RBG could’ve gone so far as to melt Kavanaugh with her glare, bordering on a thousand-yard stare.
https://twitter.com/misterwillnot/status/1049548562739093504
https://twitter.com/deepwatermike/status/1049649447750258699
I would kill to see RBG's glare today when Kavanaugh takes his seat.
— Patrick Barlow, PhD (@PBarlow_Eval) October 9, 2018
If nothing else, I hope RBG trolls the fuck out of Kavanaugh every single day.
— holy fuck (@Alt_RBG) October 8, 2018
"Welcome to your first day, Brett, have a beer. You like beer, right?"
"Did you Mark this down on your calendar?"
"Hey, Brett, have you seen that email I printed out? I can't seem to find it."
And some noted, instead, that Ginsburg didn’t exhibit “much emotion” at the swearing-in. What—did you want her to smile or something?
RBG not showing much emotion at this Kavanaugh swearing in. pic.twitter.com/5dBmDyCAXF
— Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) October 8, 2018
Kavanaugh might be a Supreme Court justice, but at least the Democrats still have Ginsburg to put up a fight.