The Judiciary Committee on Monday began its consideration of President 's nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first black woman on the U.S. , with its Democratic chairman launching a pre-emptive attack on accusations that she is soft on crime. Republicans are expected to grill her on professional background and judicial philosophy.Biden last month nominated Jackson, 51, for a lifetime job on America's top judicial body to succeed retiring liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, setting up a confirmation battle in the closely divided Senate.
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