This hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee will come to order.

Judge Katangi Brown-Jackson is the fourth Supreme Court nominee to face the Senate in the

last six years, so the choreography might feel familiar.

Thank you for convening this hearing and for considering my nomination.

A grateful nominee promising to always be independent on the bench.

And apply the law to the facts of the case before me without fear or favor.

Senate senators of both parties, using their time, pretty much however they want.

I've never believed that the Bill of Rights was there for the Haskell quarterback.

Could you fairly judge a Catholic?

Do key tam suits violate the appointment's laws?

So Senator, I am not familiar with that representation.

Did you answer in writing then?

Well, I'd be happy to do whatever I'm just trying to.

Some of that is part for the course, but in an important way, this is not an ordinary Supreme Court

confirmation. Katangi Brown-Jackson would be the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

And Senate math means Democrats could confirm her without any Republican votes.

Nobody has looked me in the eye and told me how they're going to vote on either side for that

matter, so I'm not presuming anything. Dick Durbin of Illinois, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee,

told NPR on Monday he's working to make sure Jackson receives Republican support as well.

I'm going to work to make this a bipartisan role call. It's good for the Senate.

Be good for the Supreme Court.

Consider this, with or without Republican votes, Democrats have the numbers to confirm Jackson

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