Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Jackson to begin amid questions over race and politics

In a Supreme Court confirmation process so far lacking in drama and rancor, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will take the next step this week in a process that, by all accounts, will soon make her the 116th justice. 

Her rise would fulfill President Biden's pledge to name the first Black woman to the nation's highest court, but the four days of hearings have the potential of raising uncomfortable questions about race and whether the courts and judges have become too politicized.