“A Senate panel deadlocked on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, forcing a full Senate vote tonight that is expected to move the nomination forward,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Such ties in com­mit­tee are rare, in part be­cause the ma­jor­ity party usu­ally holds more seats on the com­mit­tee than the mi­nor­ity. But the Sen­ate is di­vided 50-50 be­tween both par­ties, with Vice Pres­i­dent Ka­mala Har­ris hold­ing the tiebreak­ing vote. A power-shar­ing agree­ment reached last year be­tween Sen­ate lead­ers gave Re­pub­li­cans an equal num­ber of seats to De­moc­rats on every com­mit­tee, while De­moc­rats hold the chair­man­ships.”

Washington Post: “As the Senate heads into the final week of Jackson’s confirmation battle, the last-minute deliberations of a handful of GOP senators are being watched closely to see whether her support will grow beyond one Republican.”

In a sign of how thoroughly the Supreme Court confirmation process has devolved into outright partisanship, a still-angry Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Ketanji Brown Jackson would not have gotten a hearing if Republicans controlled the chamber, Politico reports.

Graham said Biden would have had to name a more moderate pick: “We’re supposed to be like trained seals over here clapping when you appoint a liberal. That’s not going to work.”

Sam Stein: “We are moving quickly towards a situation where if the Senate is in control of the opposite party of the president there will simply never be a SCOTUS confirmation. We may be there already.”

Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-CA) flight snafu is delaying a committee vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination, The Hill reports.

Said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL): “Due to a passenger medical emergency, Senator Padilla’s flight was turned back and returned to LAX, delaying his arrival to Washington. He boarded the first available flight this morning and will arrive this afternoon.”