Jackson’s hearings could produce fireworks. These are the topics that’ll likely cause sparks.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson could face questions on divisive issues such as affirmative action, child pornography sentencing and her representation of Guantanamo Bay detainees when she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.

While President Joe Biden’s first high court pick so far seems to be on a glide path to confirmation — and doesn’t need GOP votes to get there — the stakes are still high for her hearings, among Democrats and Republicans alike.

“I hope at the end of the day, people say ‘that was a good positive hearing,’ it went into the issues that people care about,” said Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). “Fingers crossed, we end up with bipartisan support.”

At the moment, Jackson is expected to lock in the full support of the 50-member Democratic caucus. But her performance in the Judiciary committee this week will have a huge sway over how many Republicans, if any, end up supporting her nomination. Jackson, 51, is currently a judge on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a position the Senate confirmed her to last year with three GOP votes.

Senate Republicans have vowed that they will treat the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court respectfully and won’t lob personal attacks, a reference to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s acrimonious 2018 confirmation hearings. But that doesn’t mean the hearing won’t get contentious.