US Senate Hearings For First Black Woman To Supreme Court To Start Monday

The US Senate takes up the historic nomination on Monday of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is to hold four days of confirmation hearings beginning on Monday for President Joe Biden's choice for the highest US court.

Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominees have become an acrimonious partisan battleground over the past few years between Republicans and Democrats.

"Every court appointment is significant because so many vital matters are decided there," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.