Senate clears way for Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has cleared the way for a final vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, preparing to endorse the Black woman on the high court and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his historic pick. The vote to cut off debate Thursday morning came hours before Jackson’s expected confirmation. Three Republican senators have said they will support Jackson, who would replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. While the vote will be far from the overwhelming bipartisan confirmations for Breyer and other justices in decades past, it will still be a significant bipartisan accomplishment for Biden in the narrow 50-50 Senate.