If all goes according to plan, Senate Democrats are hoping to begin confirmation hearings for President Biden's Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 21, Politico reports Monday per a Democratic aide.
Should the Senate Judiciary Committee follow that timeline, it "would theoretically allow Democrats to meet their goal of confirming Jackson by the Easter recess and could provide enough time for the committee to hold her nomination over for a week, which the panel is required to do if requested," Politico writes.
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