The US Senate on Monday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett as the Supreme Court justice just eight days before the November 3 election.

Barrett is Trump’s third nominee to reach the top court and has cemented a six-to-three conservative majority. 

Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the judicial oath on Tuesday at the Supreme Court, formally inaugurating her term on the bench.

The 48-year-old religious conservative will fill the vacant seat left by late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the liberal icon and women’s rights advocate who died on September 18 at age 87.

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Immediately after the vote, the White House announced that Trump would attend a “swearing-in ceremony” for Barrett on the mansion’s South Lawn, where she will take an oath to uphold the US Constitution.

Meanwhile, Democrats have argued that Republicans hypocritically backed Barrett’s nomination just 38 days before the election and refused to hold hearings for Barack Obama’s nominee in 2016.

They earlier asked the nomination to be pushed, expressed concerns pertain to health care law, the Affordable Care Act, and Roe v. Wade, the landmark law allowing women to have access to abortions.