Sen. Susan Collins said she believes the Supreme Court — which will soon be missing retiring Justice Stephen Breyer — would benefit from some diversity.
with his pledge to nominate a black woman has politicized the high court.
“So I certainly am open to whomever he decides to nominate,” Collins continued. “My job as a senator is to evaluate the qualifications of that person under the advice and consent role.” ”Actually, this isn’t exactly the same. I’ve looked at what was done in both cases. And what President Biden did was, as a candidate, make this pledge. And that helped politicize the entire nomination process,” Collins said.
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