Senate panel sets March 21 as start of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Biden nominee Jackson

The Senate Judiciary Committee has announced that March 21 will be the start of Supreme Court nomination hearing for Biden nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The schedule for the scheduled four days of hearing was announced Wednesday by committee Chairman Sen. Richard Durbin, of Illinois. 

Jackson, 51, is now a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. She will replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer if given a favorable recommendation by the Democrat-led committee and a yes vote by the full Senate, which is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans with Vice President Kamala Harris casting tiebreaker.

Jackson, if confirmed, would be the first black female Supreme Court justice in U.S. history.

"As I have said from the time that Justice Breyer announced his retirement, the Committee will undertake a fair and timely process to consider Judge Jackson's nomination," Durbin wrote in a letter to colleagues that was obtained by CBS News. "I look forward to Judge Jackson's appearance before the Committee and to respectful and dignified hearings." 

Jackson began meeting Wednesday with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, CBS News also reports.