Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will meet with federal appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, launching …
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will meet with federal appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, launching the start of Supreme Court nominee’s Capitol Hill charm offensive. The meeting, announced by Schumer’s office, comes after President Biden said Friday that he was nominating Jackson to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer, who intends to retire over the summer assuming his successor has been confirmed by the Senate. 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.
