1. What is the earliest that Brett Kavanaugh could join the Supreme Court if he is approved by the Senate?

A week after October 1st
2. What does the Supreme Court do without a 9th justice?

Works the same
3. What is the potential problem with having only 8 justices?

A 4-4 tie
4. How many cases are already scheduled to be heard by the Court?

23 cases from now until the end of the first week of November
5. If Judge Kavanaugh does join the Court, what happens to the cases that he has not heard?

The unwritten rule is that he stays out of them after they start.
6. What is the upcoming Supreme Court case about that deals with the 8th amendment?

Whether or not someone can be executed for a crime they no longer remember after suffering several strokes
7. What is the result if the Supreme Court decision is a 4-4 tie?

The lower court's decision stays in place