The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday began confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to replace outgoing Justice Stephen Breyer. As the week progresses, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will delve deeper into Jackson’s track record and judicial ideology, but much of Monday’s session was consumed by introductory remarks and broad ideological statements, allowing members of both parties to speak before questioning begins. During their opening statements, several Democrats referenced Jackson’s potential to become the first black woman confirmed to the court. Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said “Not a single justice has been a black woman. You, Judge Jackson, can be the first. “It’s not easy being the first,” Durbin continued. “Often you have to be the best. In some ways, the bravest. Many are not prepared to face that kind of heat, that kind of scrutiny, that ordeal and the glare of the national …