Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee placed a weeklong hold on the vote to advance Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination to a floor vote on March 28, citing gaps in Jackson’s record and incomplete documentation from the White House.
After four days of close scrutiny by the equally divided Judiciary Committee, the committee vote to confirm Jackson was set to take place on March 28. However, it was clear to observers, including Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), that committee Republicans would place a hold on the vote.
