President Joe Biden has reportedly selected Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee for the Supreme Court to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, a Clinton-era appointment who recently announced his retirement.
CNN first reported the story on Friday morning, citing “a source who has been notified about the decision.” A formal announcement is expected later on Friday.
“Biden has reached a decision on his first nominee to the Supreme Court, people familiar with the selection said Thursday, with his historic selection of the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court set to be revealed as soon as Friday,” CNN reported initially on Thursday.
Biden had reportedly interviewed three women as potential nominees to be his Supreme Court justice pick, with the White House previously indicating that he would share his decision by Monday.
Biden’s three potential picks were all black women, something he promised on the campaign trial. In addition to Jackson, the president considered J. Michelle Childs of South Carolina and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger.
NBC News reported on Tuesday that Biden “continues to evaluate eminently qualified individuals in the mold of Justice Breyer who have the strongest records, intellect, character, and dedication to the rule of law that anyone could ask for,” according to Deputy White House Press Secretary Andrew Bates.
All three potential nominees are “deserving of bipartisan support,” Bates added.
This week, some Democrats have been lining up in support of Biden picking Brown. Ben Crump, a famed attorney in several cases involving race relations and interactions with law enforcement and lawyer to the family in the George Floyd case, also wrote an op-ed calling on President Joe Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
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