3/21/22 - New U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Being Considered

Ketanji Brown Jackson, faces the Senate Judiciary committee today.

The latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court will be considered by lawmakers this week.

If confirmed, Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the 116th justice and the first Black woman seated on the nation's highest court in its 233-year-history.

Jackson, 51, sits on DC's federal appellate court and had been considered the front-runner for the vacancy since Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement.   Jackson worked as a clerk for Breyer, a federal public defender, an attorney in private practice, a federal district court judge and a member of the US Sentencing Commission.

Jackson and the senators will make their opening statements establishing the arguments for and against her confirmation.                                Jackson will be introduced by Judge Thomas Griffith, formerly of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Lisa Fairfax, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Jackson will answer questions from the members on Tuesday and Wednesday, and witnesses will testify on Thursday. Democrats hope to confirm Jackson by early April.