Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in its 233-year history, was confirmed by the Senate in a 53-47 vote Thursday.
She got three Republican votes, marking a bipartisan victory for President Joe Biden and his high court nominee.
As the Senate Judiciary Committee questions representatives from the American Bar Association, Judge Jackson is also back on Capitol Hill Thursday, not for questioning but to make her rounds with senators that will soon be voting on her nomination to the Supreme Court.
A meeting with Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah is in the works but not yet confirmed, a source familiar told ABC News.
While Democrats have the votes to confirm Biden's first high court nominee on their own, the hearings could prove critical to the White House goal of securing at least some Republican support and shoring up the court's credibility.
Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said the committee will consider her nomination on March 28, putting the committee vote on track for April 4 and allowing Democrats to meet their goal of a full Senate confirmation vote on Jackson by April 8 -- when the Senate goes on recess.
-ABC News’ Devin Dwyer
Mar 24, 2022, 8:43 AM EDT
What to expect on the final day of hearings
Judge Jackson, the nation's first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, has cleared 19-hours of grueling questioning at the Senate Judiciary Committee and appears headed toward confirmation as a justice with support from all Democrats and a small number of Republicans.
"In my capacity as a justice, I would do what I've done for the past decade," Jackson told the committee on her third day of testimony, "which is to rule from a position of neutrality, to look carefully at the facts and … to render rulings that I believe and that I hope that people would have confidence in."
The historic hearings resume at 9 a.m. and will wrap for the week after the committee hears from representatives from the American Bar Association -- which has given its highest rating to Jackson -- and outside witnesses called by Democrats and Republicans on the committee. Senators have five-minute rounds for questions Thursday.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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Judiciary Committee Democrats have invited Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus; Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Jackson's former classmate; Risa Goluboff, the first woman to serve as dean of University of Virginia Law School; Richard Rosenthal, an appellate attorney and longtime friend to Jackson; and Capt. Frederick Thomas, president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
As several Republicans on the committee have painted Jackson as "soft on crime," the GOP has called for their panel Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall; Jennifer Mascott, an assistant law professor at George Mason University; Eleanor McCullen, an anti-abortion rights activist; Keisha Russell of First Liberty; and Alessandro Serano, an activist against human trafficking.
-ABC News' Trish Turner and Devin Dwyer
Mar 23, 2022, 7:37 PM EDT
2nd day of questioning ends
After nearly 11 hours, the Senate Judiciary Committee's second day of questioning has ended. Jackson had two emotional moments towards the end of the day as she gave answers to Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Alex Padilla.
While Jackson is done for the day, the senators are not. They'll now go into a closed session to review Jackson's FBI background check -- a part of the process for every nominee.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ended the day thanking her for her "patience, dignity and grace" amid some "offensive treatment."
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, March 23, 2022.
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Durbin said the committee will consider the nomination on March 28 at 3 p.m. ET. That means the committee vote will be one week later, per tradition.
That puts the full Senate on track to meet its goal of confirming Jackson by April 8 -- when the Senate goes on recess.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gets a kiss from her husband Dr. Patrick Jackson, at the conclusion of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, March 23, 2022.
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-ABC News' Trish Turner
Mar 23, 2022, 7:00 PM EDT
Jackson gets emotional recounting experience as Harvard freshman
Jackson again wiped away tears during Wednesday's questioning when Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., asked her what she'd say to "young Americans, the most diverse generation in our nation's history … some of them who may doubt that they can one day achieve the same great heights that you have?"
Sen. Alex Padilla speaks during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 23, 2022.
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Jackson responded, "I hope to inspire people."
Jackson wiped away tears, saying, "Young people are the future … I want them to know that they can do and be anything."
She remained emotional as she recounted an experience she had as a freshman at Harvard.
Harvard "was different from anything I had known. There were lots of students there who were prep school kids -- like my husband -- who knew all about Harvard, and that was not me," she said, as the crowd laughed.
"The first semester I was really home sick. I was really questioning, 'Do I belong here? Can I make it in this environment?'" Jackson recounted. "And I was walking through the yard in the evening and a Black woman I did not know was passing me on the sidewalk. And she looked at me, and I guess she knew how I was feeling. And she leaned over as we crossed and said, 'Persevere.'"
Circling back to Padilla's question, Jackson said she'd tell young Americans "to persevere."
