When President Joe Biden selected Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, he was choosing among a pool of candidates whose qualifications provided an embarrassment of riches. The question now, however, is whether the confirmation process will become a national embarrassment.

By all measures, the Senate has been handed an easy opportunity for bipartisan support of an extremely qualified candidate. In any normal environment, Jackson’s confirmation would be a pro forma moment that allows the country to get to know the justice, learn of her extraordinary background, and provide an easy opportunity to prove that Democrats and Republicans can work together. Moreover, Jackson recently underwent Senate scrutiny when she was confirmed to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

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