How to watch Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings
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Washington — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week for her confirmation hearings, during which she will publicly testify as to her qualifications to serve on the nation's highest court.
The hearings, which are scheduled to last four days, will kick off 24 days after President Biden announced the historic selection of Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. With the nomination by Mr. Biden, Jackson became the first Black woman to be selected for the high court, and if confirmed by the evenly divided Senate, she will be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
The president's announcement marked the beginning of Jackson's confirmation process, and she has spent the month thus far meeting behind closed doors with Democratic and Republican senators. But the hearings that start Monday will give Jackson the opportunity to publicly explain her decisions across her nearly nine years on the federal bench, how she approaches cases and what she believes is the role of the Supreme Court.
