How do Supreme Court nominations happen?

<p>Associate justice Stephen Breyer is retiring from the Supreme Court this summer leaving an opening on the high court. On Friday President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Now the confirmation process begins with Democrats hoping to wrap up the hearing process before the Senate recess in mid April. The 5 Things team got to thinking; How does one become a Supreme Court judge? And what do the judges have in common? We sat down with Supreme Court correspondent John Fritze to get answers to some of our questions. His answers may surprise you.</p><p>For more from John Fritze, click <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/25/supreme-court-pick-ketanji-brown-jackson-can-look-these-pioneers/6670549001/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>To follow John Fritze on Twitter click <a href="https://twitter.com/jfritze?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p>To follow James Brown on Twitter click <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesbrowntv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Episode Transcript <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/02/27/how-do-supreme-court-nominations-happen-5-things-podcast/6953749001/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available here</a></p><p>Also available at <a href="https://art19.com/shows/5-things" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">art19.com/shows/5-Things</a></p><p><br></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>