Over the last four days, the Senate Judiciary Committee held confirmation hearings for President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to serve on the high court.
Here's a look back at those historic hearingson Capitol Hill:
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