President Biden has interviewed three finalists for the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy that will open up when Justice Breyer retires later this year, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
, who once clerked for Breyer, was confirmed in June to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, a federal panel that regularly sees judges nominated to the Supreme Court.
The Senate confirmed Jackson by a 53-44 vote. Every Democrat and three Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — supported her nomination.the Biden administration publicly identified as a possible nominee in January. Childs is the preferred pick of House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., a longtime Biden ally who played an influential role in pushing the president to pledge he would nominate a Black woman.
Kruger was unanimously confirmed to the California Supreme Court in 2014. She was the first Black woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal and as Acting Deputy Solicitor General under Obama administration., University of California Berkeley law professor Amanda Tyler said Kruger had shown “a consistent commitment to protecting civil liberties and to making ours a more fair and just criminal justice system.
Breyer, 83, announced last month that he would step down at the end of the current Supreme Court term. With 27 years on the bench, he is the second-longest serving after Justice Clarence Thomas.
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