The next four days will be the most important milestone for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's legal career. Confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court—effectively taking over Justice Stephen Breyer's seat—started Monday with opening statements and will be followed by two days of Jackson being grilled by senators. The final day of the hearings will include outside witness testimony including by the American Bar Association that has already given Jackson an unanimous "well-qualified" rating. Our full special coverage below.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson walks to the hearing room before the start of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Monday, March 21, 2022. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

• ABA Committee Refutes GOP Claims That Jackson Is 'Soft on Crime' The committee will hold its first "mark-up" or consideration of the nomination on April 4.
• Amicus Briefs Take Spotlight in Jackson Hearing Republican senators focused on those briefs because, while written years ago, they addressed still-controversial topics such as abortion and the war on terror.
• Jackson Immigration Ruling Is 'Exhibit A for Judicial Activism,' Senator Charges "The plain language of the statute was clearly wiped out by you because you disagreed with the Trump administration. That to me is exhibit A of judicial activism," Sen. Lindsey Graham.
• Ketanji Brown Jackson Vows to Recuse From Harvard Affirmative Action Challenge, If Confirmed "That is my plan," Jackson said, when asked by Sen. Ted Cruz if she would recuse from the case involving Harvard.
• What They Are 'Tweeting' About Jackson's Confirmation Hearings Originalism, critical race theory, judicial philosophy and more have been topics triggering social media commentary.
• Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court Confirmation in Photos Here's a look at photos from the first two days of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to the U.S. Supreme court.
• Critical Race Theory, Child Pornography and Cameras in Court: Critical Moments From Ketanji Brown Jackson's Hearing Committee members during the second day of her confirmation hearing settled into the "meat and potatoes" of the confirmation process by asking questions on various legal topics.
• Ketanji Brown Jackson Acknowledges Originalism Has Prevailed at SCOTUS  Jackson declined to attach herself to a judicial philosophy, but recognized the influence of ideas championed by conservatives.
• Critical Race Theory Makes Appearance in Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Hearing Sen. Ted Cruz implied Jackson is a proponent of the controversial theory because of her membership on the board of the private Georgetown Day School.

• Ketanji Brown Jackson Praises Stare Decisis in Exchanges on Abortion, Press Protections The discussion came as Democrats worry the Supreme Court's conservative majority is poised to overturn key precedents.

• Ketanji Brown Jackson Stresses Her Faith, Dedication to Equal Justice, in First Day of Hearings The first day played out with a number of Republican senators' intent on portraying Jackson as soft on crime, while Democrats touted her qualifications.

• SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets ABA's Highest Rating Ketanji Brown Jackson received a unanimous "well-qualified" rating from the American Bar Association.

• Meet the Lawyers Preparing the Senate for Ketanji Brown Jackson's SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing Veteran Capitol Hill lawyers and an outside team of attorneys and law students have been poring over Jackson's record in preparing for next week's hearing.

• The Marble Palace Blog: Will There Be a Third Justice Jackson? If Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes a Supreme Court justice, she'll be the third member of the court through history with that last name. The previous two Jacksons were very different.

• Here Are Legal Issues Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Face in Her Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Groups supporting and opposing Jackson's nominations quickly teed up issues and concerns shortly after Biden announced her nomination. But there seems be a desire from both sides to turn down the temperature of recent hearings.

• Skepticism of Ketanji Brown Jackson's Qualifications Is Hypocritical, 3rd Circuit Judge Says "If Biden had nominated a white male with a similar background as Judge Jackson … no one would be asking here whether their whiteness and their maleness might be a dispositive factor towards whether they were qualified for the job," Judge Joseph Greenaway said.

• The 2 Times Judge Brett Kavanaugh Reversed Decisions by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Conservatives are expected to target Jackson's reversal rate, but data indicates there's little to criticize.

• At Morrison & Foerster, Ketanji Brown Jackson Developed Her Supreme Court Chops Jackson was recruited by Beth Brinkmann, who had a plan to create one of the most diverse Supreme Court practices in the country, according to some colleagues.

• The Marble Palace Blog: The Bygone Boutique Law Firm That Enticed Ketanji Brown Jackson and Amy Coney Barrett A legendary Washington law firm that is remembered for attracting young talent, including future Supreme Court justices.

• As SCOTUS Clerk, Ketanji Brown Jackson Known for Her 'Even Keel' in Hot-Button Term Former clerks who worked alongside Jackson said she was "widely respected" for her collegiality, lack of bias and "intellectual heft."

• Senate Sets Timeline for Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court Confirmation The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings on March 21 for Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• In Historic Choice, Biden to Select Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for US Supreme Court Jackson, 51, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, is expected to be Biden's choice to fill the vacancy that will follow Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement.

• In First DC Circuit Opinion, Ketanji Brown Jackson Sides With Labor Unions in Bargaining Dispute Jackson's opinion comes as she is considered a leading contender for a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy.

• 'Knack for Picking Up Nuances': Ketanji Brown Jackson Emerges as Top Contender to Replace Breyer "She had a knack for picking up on nuances in a case that others might miss—things that turned out to be important," a Morrison & Foerster attorney who previously worked with Jackson said.