Less than an hour into the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Tuesday morning, U.S. Capitol Police had already arrested 22 protesters outside the proceedings, charging them with disorderly conduct.

By the end of the day, that number had swelled to 70, a group of defendants that includes the activist Linda Sarsour, the designer Bob Bland, and the actress Piper Perabo.

At several points throughout the Senate Judiciary Committee’s opening remarks, shouting protestors could be heard trying to silence or distract the senators — when the senators themselves weren’t trying to talk over one another or halt the proceedings, at least. (A number of Democrats launched objections over a trove a documents released late the night before.)