Hearings begin for Supreme Court

In the U.S. Senate on Monday, confirmation hearings are scheduled to begin for federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick for the Supreme Court.

She has been on a charm offensive since Biden announced her on Feb. 25, meeting individually with as many of the senators as possible. She will spend at least two days answering questions from Judiciary Committee members before the full Senate votes.

Jackson, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the court, wrote nearly 600 opinions as a federal trial and appellate court judge. Her nominee questionnaire tops out at more than 2,000 pages and the Judiciary Committee has access to more than 12,000 pages from the Sentencing Commission, where she once served.