Watch & Comment: Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings (Day 2)

What’s the story?

• The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday is set to hold its second day of confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. 
• Tuesday’s hearing will feature the first opportunity for senators to ask Jackson questions, with each senator having 30 minutes to pose questions during the first round. Senators will likely ask Jackson about her judicial philosophy, opinions she has reached during her time on the bench, and her past legal work.
• Given that there are 22 senators on the Judiciary Committee, the hearing is expected to be lengthy ― the first round of questions during Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings lasted 11-and-a-half hours.
• One dynamic to watch is the degree to which Jackson invokes the "Ginsburg rule" under which nominees to the Supreme Court and other federal judgeships deflect senators' questions about cases or controversies that may appear before them as cases.
• Tuesday’s question-and-answer period comes after Jackson and senators on the committee offered their opening statements during Monday’s hearing. 
• A second and third round of questions-and-answers will be the focus of the third day of Jackson’s confirmation hearings on Wednesday.

RELATED READING

• President Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court (2/25/22)
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• Know a Nominee: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (6/14/21)
• What is the 'Ginsburg Rule' for Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings? (10/13/20)

— Eric Revell