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Confirmed before the easter recess, on april 9th. in the time between then and now, which is about seven weeks, it seems like biden will be wooing both democrats and republicans. you heard me, republicans too, to support his nominee. politico reports that biden is actively looking for republican support for a supreme court nominee but doing it cautiously, wary of setting expectations that end in failure. for more on this, maya wiley is back with us and we are joined by mark joseph stern who covers the courts as a staff writer for slate. welcome back, maya. welcome, mark. so, mark, what can you...

To be an appetite for turning this into a circus. the circus is wet can be really damaging politically on both sides. mcconnell's focused like a laser on one thing, and that's winning elections in november. so i look for this to go through fairly smoothly. the over and under is above 52. we may have 53 votes, guess you could get to 54. but everybody seems to be very confident that there is 52 in the pocket for her confirmation. >> [inaudible] >> the, i believe the democrats will stand united behind judge jackson. the question is whether or not she will get a significant number of republican vo...

Know that democrats are looking at as a precedent the really month-long confirmation process by justice amy coney barrett. that was the fastest confirmation process in history. but senator dick durbin, who chairs the senate judiciary committee, says that he hopes to have the confirmation wrapped up by april 9th, when they take the two-week break for their easter recess. and one of the reasons why judge jackson has been the front-runner all along is because she is a known quantity. as president biden said, she had been confirmed three times by the senate. she's fully vetted. and president biden...

Before they leave for the easter recess. this is an expedited time line, but not as fast as judge amy coney barrett leading up to the 2020 election. so that is what democrats are using as a marker. they are saying they are following the procedure. and she's appeared before the judiciary committee last year so they're very familiar with her. as we watched her walk around capitol hill today and chuck grassley the top republican, he promised a fair hearing. >> one of the things that would be my responsibility as leader as republican on this committee is to make sure that we have a fair process, a...

Police say they have one suspect in custody. and searching for others who may have also fired shots. and confirmation hearings for the first black woman nominated to the supreme court. that begins tomorrow. judge ketanji brown jackson will appear before the senate judiciary committee. democrats hope to finish jackson's confirmation process before the easter recess. more "politicsnation" right after this. nation" right after this but he was getting picky, and we started noticing some allergy symptoms. we heard about the farmer's dog and it was a complete transformation. his allergies were going...