Biden had vowed to pick a Black woman to succeed liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, who plans to retire in the summer at the end of the court’s current term.
President Joe Biden is expected to announce today that he will nominate federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Biden has vowed to pick a Black woman to succeed liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, who plans to retire in the summer at the end of the court's current term.Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 28, 2021.
Biden has vowed to pick a Black woman to succeed liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, who plans to retire in the summer at the end of the court's current term. The president was apparently still deliberating his options on Thursday: White House press secretary Jen PsakiPsaki assured that"we are still on track to make an announcement before the end of the month,"Download our local news and weather app
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