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| 3.22.22

Watch & Comment: Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings (Day 3)

How do you feel about the third day of Judge Jackson’s confirmation hearings?

What’s the story?

  • The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday is set to hold its third day of confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Wednesday will be the second day on which senators will have the opportunity to ask Jackson questions in a live forum.
  • Wednesday’s session will begin with the end of the first question-and-answer period when Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) will have the opportunity to do their 30 minute round with the nominee. The other 20 senators on the committee did their first-round during Tuesday’s 12-hour hearing (excluding breaks), which came after Jackson and the senators on the committee offered their opening statements during Monday’s hearing.
  • Once Ossoff and Tillis have concluded their first round of questions, the committee will commence the second and third rounds of questions in which senators will have 20 minutes at their disposal. It’s possible that some senators may yield back time during their second round of questioning and forgo their third-round altogether given that Jackson will answer some questions in written responses after the hearings conclude.
  • After Wednesday’s session, the committee will hold the fourth day of confirmation hearings on Thursday when legal experts and panelists representing interest groups testify about the nominee without Jackson in attendance.
  • Assuming the Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, declines to hold further hearings on Jackson’s nomination, senators on the committee will deliberate for another week or two before voting to send her Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor.


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