On Monday, confirmation hearings will begin for President Biden’s pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Breyer is set to retire this summer, and Democrats are hoping to get Jackson’s confirmation process finished before Congress leaves for Easter recess on April 11, NPR reported.
The hearings are set to last four days and will be led by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Jackson will appear before the committee giving an opening statement on Monday and then taking questions from Congress members on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Monday, the hearing will begin at 11 a.m. EDT with opening 10-minute statements from Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, the committee chair, and Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, a press release from the committee said.
The two opening statements will be followed by the other 20 members giving statements before Jackson delivers her opening statement, the release said.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Jackson will answer questions from each committee member, starting at 9 a.m. EDT each day.
Each lawmaker is allowed 30 minutes of questioning time on Tuesday and 20 minutes on Wednesday.
Thursday will begin at 9 a.m. EDT, and the committee is expected to listen to remarks from outside witnesses and the American Bar Association on Jackson.
She will not be present for the fourth day.
The nomination will then be considered after the hearing, and then in what usually comes after a week, the committee will hold a vote. Finally, if she is approved, she will go before the full body of the Senate for consideration.
Jackson would become the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court if confirmed, and she will reach the pinnacle of an already vast career in law.
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