Judge Jackson’s SCOTUS Nomination Advances to Senate Floor

Republicans Collins, Murkowski, Romney help break deadlock

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing to become a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, in Washington, on March 23, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The Senate cleared the way for a final floor vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson with a procedural vote late on April 4 after weeks of tough scrutiny and a deadlocked committee vote along party lines earlier in the day.

If confirmed, Jackson will be the first black woman to serve on the high court.