United States Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican of South Carolina), right, meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in his office in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP/Sipa USA
United States Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican of South Carolina) meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his historic pick.
Three Republican senators have said they will support Jackson, who would replace Justice Stephen Breyer when he retires this summer.
While the vote will be far from the overwhelming bipartisan confirmations for Breyer and other justices in decades past, it will still be a significant bipartisan accomplishment for Biden in the narrow 50-50 Senate after GOP senators aggressively worked to paint Jackson as too liberal.
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