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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday appeared on track to move forward Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, and she was expected to get confirmed by the full Senate in a close vote later this week.
The committee, scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Eastern, looks set to deadlock on advancing Jackson on Monday, with all 11 of its Democratic members supporting her and all 11 Republicans in opposition.
But the nomination of Jackson still should proceed to the full Senate for a vote, because, following a deadlock for a committee, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, can file what’s known as a discharge petition to get her nomination on the calendar.
There would just be a delay due to four hours of debate.
Jackson is on course to become the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
All 50 Senate Democrats are expected to back President Joe Biden’s pick in a floor vote later this week. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine last week became the first GOP senator to say she plans to back Jackson, so Democrats won’t need Vice President Kamala Harris to break a tie in the 50-50 chamber.
