LATEST: Once Pres. Biden nominates a replacement, Senate Democrats plan to not only hold a confirmation hearing swiftly, but hold the proceedings while Breyer is still sitting on the bench, according to two Democratic aides.
The 83-year-old liberal justice will retire at the end of the term after serving for 28 years.With the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the current term, one name keeps rising to the top of the list of potential replacements: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Other top contenders include Judge Leondra Kruger, of the California Supreme Court; Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, of the US District Court Georgia; and Judge J. Michelle Childs, of the US District Court South Carolina. The 51-year-old also has some bipartisan appeal. She was confirmed 53-44 to her current seat in June 2021, drawing votes from three Republicans -- Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.
"Senator, I've never said anything about the Supreme Court being broken," Jackson said in response."Again, I'm not going to comment on the structure, the size, the functioning even, of the Supreme Court."
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