Justice Breyer reportedly to retire (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

 

[MT15]

Thank god!

 

[insidejob]

About time. Just make sure his replacement has about 35-40 years of professional life ahead of them.

 

[samiam5211]

I wish an Obama wanted to be on SCOTUS.

 

[B4YOU]

Can’t wait to see who Manchin nominates.

 

[coldseat]

An early list of judges that are being discussed as possible replacements:

DC Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger

South Carolina US District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs

Sherrilyn Ifill

Anita Earls

Biden said he'd put a Black woman on the Supreme Court. Here's who he may pick to replace Breyer

In what will be one of the most monumental endeavors of Joe Biden's presidency, the retirement of Stephen Breyer sets the stage for an immensely important decision by the President.

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[coldseat]

District Judge Wilhelmina "Mimi" Wright

Circuit Judge Eunice Lee

Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi

 

[SystemShock]

The question is: can the GOP stall the nomination for 3 years?

 

[GrandAdmiral]

District Judge Wilhelmina "Mimi" Wright

Circuit Judge Eunice Lee

Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi

Gotta give a nope to all three of these potentials. As was mentioned earlier, he needs to nominate someone who has a few decades to give.

I really wish Michelle had an interest in sitting on the bench. I would nominate her in a heartbeat.

 

[J-DONK]

Gotta give a nope to all three of these potentials. As was mentioned earlier, he needs to nominate someone who has a few decades to give.

I really wish Michelle had an interest in sitting on the bench. I would nominate her in a heartbeat.

Kruger is 45.

 

[MT15]

The question is: can the GOP stall the nomination for 3 years?

They could and would if they were in the majority in the Senate. But they’re not so they can’t.

ETA: Old Mitch already has stated that if he is the majority leader, no Biden nominations to the Supreme Court would be advanced. No matter how long until the election. We already saw that the length of time until the election means nothing to Rs with Barrett.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Kruger is 45.

Kruger isn't in my quote. She and Brown-Jackson are my two top picks.

 

[samiam5211]

Sasha Obama

Unless there is a younger secret Obama love child out there.

 

[J-DONK]

Kruger isn't in my quote. She and Brown-Jackson are my two top picks.

Oh I thought you were ignoring everyone that was younger, and qualified with the Michelle comment.

 

[wardorican]

Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger - SCOTUSblog

During a 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate, then-candidate Joe Biden pledged that, if elected, he would nominate a Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. With Justice Stephen Breyer expected to retire at the end of this term, California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger is one

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[RobF]

Kruger isn't in my quote. She and Brown-Jackson are my two top picks.

Candace Jackson-Akiwumi is in your quote, and unless I've completely lost what little ability I had to vaguely guess age, there's no way she's that old.

Yeah, she's 43 this year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Jackson-Akiwumi

 

[MT15]

It’s being said on tv that Clyburn is throwing his weight behind Childs, which makes sense since she is from South Carolina.

 

[bdb13]

And unless he really goes rogue here and chooses to screw Biden and the rest of the Democratic party (which is not going to happen, at least to an extent that would prevent Biden from placing someone on the Court), here's a prime situation where it pays dividends to still have Manchin in the Senate as a Democrat.

What happened: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he's open to supporting President Joe Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court, even if the pick is more ideologically liberal than he is.

"Whoever he puts up will have experience and we'll be able to judge them off of that. But as far as just the philosophical beliefs, no, that will not prohibit me from supporting somebody."

Democrats can exhale: It's always good to get these things stated publicly but — as we noted yesterday — this shouldn't really be a big surprise. Manchin and fellow centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) have supported Biden's judicial picks this year ... unlike other parts of his agenda.

Joe Manchin isn't ruling out supporting a Supreme Court nominee who's more liberal than he is.

News and analysis from Capitol Hill for when you only have a few minutes, from POLITICO.

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