President JoeBiden will interview prospective Supreme Court nominees over the next two weeks before naming a finalist by February's end, the White House confirmed on Tuesday.
Biden has pledged to nominate a black woman to the court, with U.S. Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the D.C. Circuit, South Carolina-based U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs, and California Supreme Court Associate Justice Leondra Kruger rumored to be front-runners in the race to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.“We’re not going to give day-to-day updates from here moving forward,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki when asked about the interview process.
Deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that Russia-Ukraine tensions would not slow down the nomination process. Biden has not spoken directly to any of the four women on his short list, according to Jean-Pierre, but he has discussed them with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and legal experts.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
"Whomever I pick will get a vote from [the] Republican side for the following reason: I'm not looking to make an ideological choice here," he said.
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