Biden SCOTUS Nominee Hearings Will Begin March 21: Judiciary Chairman Durbin

Biden SCOTUS Nominee Hearings Will Begin March 21: Judiciary Chairman Durbin
Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, on April 28, 2021. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/file/Pool via Getty Images
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Committee hearings for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court (SCOTUS) nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, will begin on March 21 and last four days according to Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

If confirmed, Jackson will replace outgoing Justice Stephen Breyer who at the end of February acceded to pressure from Democrats and liberals to retire while Democrats hold the White House.