This today, then #ERA

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It's a small price to pay for freedom of speech.

Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski were just two of the more than 302 people arrested yesterday while protesting Brett Kavanaugh's appointment at the Senate office building in Washington D.C.

The I Feel Pretty co-stars were hoping to apply some pressure on the four senators that stand between Kavanaugh and a lifetime post on the Supreme Court. A procedural vote is due at 10.30am today, with a final vote potentially happening on Saturday.

"Today I was arrested protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, a man who has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault. Men who hurt women can no longer be placed in positions of power. Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is a message to women in this country that they do not matter. I demand a government that acknowledges, respects and supports women as much as it does men," Ratajkowski wrote on Instagram.

Also in attendance was actress Alyssa Milano, who shared her own story of sexual assault in support of Kavanaugh's accuser Dr. Cristine Blasey Ford.

"I told one of my #MeToo stories in @SenatorCollins office. I was with her constituent,” Milano tweeted on Oct. 3. “We asked to speak with Senator Collins. She hid. Here’s my story through a ‘human microphone’. I’ll never know if she heard me," she said in an emotional Twitter video.

"My name is Alyssa. When I was 19-years-old, I was at a concert of a very famous pop star who told the crowd to get closer to her. This resulted in a stampede. People were smashed against each other. I couldn’t breathe, I thought I was gonna die. From behind me, I felt a hand up my skirt and I was punched repeatedly in the vagina. I couldn’t turn around. I looked to the stage, and I looked to the security guards, and I said, ‘Please help me’ and they couldn’t help me," she continued.

"They shook their heads. I managed to break free and I climbed up the stage to get away from my predator. And I turned around and I didn’t know which one it was. And I looked to the sea of people and I couldn’t find him. And I didn’t tell anybody because I didn’t know who it was to tell on. I kept the secret just like Dr. Ford kept her secret for decades," she concluded.

We have a lot of respect for these ladies!