Attention on Capitol Hill shifts from Ukraine to the Supreme Court this week as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination hearings kick off.
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s four-day examination of Jackson’s bid to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the high court starts today with opening statements by the 22 members of the panel, outside introducers, and finally Jackson herself.
Democrats are expected to highlight the temperament, background, and experience of the former federal public defender and member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court and is just one of 70 to have ...