Schumer to meet with Biden’s Supreme Court pick Wednesday
It’s Jackson’s first announced meeting with a senator, in what is expected to be weeks of one-on-one sit-downs.
with Jackson, who would be the first Black woman Supreme Court justice if she’s confirmed.
Democrats are hoping to have Jackson, who would be the first Black woman Supreme Court justice, confirmed by April 8, when the Senate is scheduled to leave town for a two-week break.
“Once the President sends Judge Jackson’s nomination to the Senate, Senate Democrats will work to ensure a fair, timely, and expeditious process – fair to the nominee, to the Senate, and to the American public. Under Chairman Durbin’s leadership, Judge Jackson will receive a prompt hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee in the coming weeks,” Schumer said in a statement.
“After the Judiciary Committee finishes their work I will ask the Senate to move immediately to confirm her to the Supreme Court,” he added.
“Ketanji Brown Jackson is an experienced federal judge with impressive academic and legal credentials. I will conduct a thorough vetting of Judge Jackson’s nomination and look forward to her public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee and to meeting with her in my office,” Collins said in a statement on Friday.
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