Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic SCOTUS hearing

1 big thing

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🗓️ 21 March 2022

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Today Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for day one of her confirmation hearings. The 51-year old judge has been nominated to fill the spot left vacant by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. If confirmed - which seems very likely - Jackson would be the first Black woman nominated to The Supreme Court. Plus, Russia and Ukraine reach a dangerous stalemate. And, how the White House is tackling rising gas prices. Guests: The Washington Post's Robert Barnes, Axios' Sophia Cai and Dave Lawler. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0	It's Monday March 21st and it's officially spring. I'm Naila Boudou. Here's what we're
0:41.9	covering today. Russia and Ukraine reach a dangerous stalemate. Plus how Democrats are tackling
0:47.9	rising gas prices. But first, today's one big thing. The start of a historic Supreme Court confirmation
0:54.6	hearing. Today's Supreme Court Justice nominee Katani Brown Jackson appears before the Senate Judiciary
1:04.2	Committee for day one of her confirmation hearings. The 51-year-old judge has been nominated to fill the
1:09.7	spot left vacant by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. If confirmed, which seems pretty likely at this
1:15.5	point, Jackson would be the first black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Here with what to
1:20.9	expect over the next few days of questioning is the Washington Post Robert Barnes. Hey, Robert,
1:25.0	welcome to Axios today. Hi, thanks for having me. Robert, there's so much happening outside of
1:29.8	these hearings. The war in Ukraine, gas prices and inflation. Could that make for a speedier
1:35.2	confirmation process? Well, what I think is really speeding up this confirmation process is Democrats
1:41.6	are barring a page from the Republicans. They quickly moved through the confirmation for Amy
1:47.4	Coney Barrett just before the 2020 election. There's not a whole lot that Republicans can do to slow it
1:54.3	down unless they raise some doubts about Judge Jackson during the confirmation hearings this week.
2:02.0	If this is one case in which the Democrats don't really have to depend on cooperation from
2:08.0	Republicans to get this done. One of those doubts might be her background as a public defender,
2:14.0	which could be considered controversial by some. What's controversial about being a public
2:19.0	defender and a nominee for the Supreme Court? Well, what's controversial is the clients you have,
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