President Biden has vowed to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court if a seat were to open up.
News of from the Supreme Court at the end of its current term has reignited questions of who will succeed him, as President Biden’s pick is expected to make history. Mr. Biden has pledged repeatedly that if given the chance to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, he would nominate the first Black woman, and White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Wednesday he „certainly stands by that.“ While the president declined to release a list of possible contenders for the Supreme Court during the 2020 presidential campaign, defying from fellow Democrats, a number of names have emerged as likely to appear on Mr. Biden’s shortlist. If Mr. Biden’s replacement for Breyer is confirmed by the Senate, she would not only make history as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, but it would also mark the first time two Black justices would be on the high court at the same time. Four women would also be on the bench simultaneously. Here is a look at the possible candidates to succeed on the high court. Jackson,51, was one of Mr. Biden’s first picks for the federal judiciary as president and is considered to be the frontrunner for the Supreme Court. The president selected Jackson to replace Attorney General Merrick Garland on the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, considered to be the nation’s second most powerful court, in March 2021, and she was in June. Three Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — voted with all 50 Democrats to confirm Jackson. Before joining the D.C. Circuit, Jackson was a U.S. district judge in the District of Columbia and vice chair of the U.
