Biden’s Supreme Court pick Jackson faces U.S. Senate panel vote

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson meets with U.S. Senator Mitt Romney, in Washington
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson meets with U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) (not pictured), in his office at the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC, U.S., March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON – Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, faces another hurdle on Monday in her journey toward Senate confirmation with a vote in a Judiciary Committee evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans that could end up a tie.