• WATCH: What we know about 3 judges Biden may be considering for the Supreme Court

    WATCH: What we know about 3 judges Biden may be considering for the Supreme Court

    Feb 15, 2022 10:17 PM EDT

    ... Bennett and Lisa Desjardins talked to those who knew and worked with each of the judges that may be considered. Read more about them below. Ketanji Brown Jackson https://youtu.be/fobk6xlxrEo Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Florida. She was president ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the Supreme Court vacancy, the fight for control of the GOP

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the Supreme Court vacancy, the fight for control of the GOP

    Feb 14, 2022 11:35 PM EDT

    ... Tamara Keith of NPR. So, hello to both of you. And I do want to begin with Geoff Bennett's report just now on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Amy, this is one of three -- we believe she is one of the three finalists President Biden's talking to this week ...

  • Biden’s vow of Black justice a nod to his most loyal voters

    Biden’s vow of Black justice a nod to his most loyal voters

    Jan 28, 2022 05:06 PM EDT

    ... the White House why that vote mattered,” Bonier said. Biden's early discussions about a successor to Breyer have focused on U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, according to people familiar with the matter who ...

  • Here's who may replace Justice Breyer, and what Democrats can do if Republicans oppose

    Here's who may replace Justice Breyer, and what Democrats can do if Republicans oppose

    Jan 27, 2022 11:55 PM EDT

    ... And I can report what Democrats are telling me on the hill as they see the different advantages to each one. The first is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Now, she's someone interesting enough that Biden personally interviewed last year before he elevated her to the Court of Appeals. Now ...

  • Examining Justice Breyer's legacy and how his retirement may change the court

    Examining Justice Breyer's legacy and how his retirement may change the court

    Jan 27, 2022 11:45 PM EDT

    ... it's -- in that sense, this vote is not quite as important. I do think some of the names that are being floated around, like Ketanji Jackson and Leondra Kruger, these are spectacular, spectacular names. And we're so lucky to have people like that on the so-called short ...

  • WATCH: Biden says first Black woman justice on Supreme Court 'long overdue'

    WATCH: Biden says first Black woman justice on Supreme Court 'long overdue'

    Jan 27, 2022 04:45 PM EDT

    ... and Donald Trump’s three nominees pushed the court even further to the right. Biden has already met personally with at least one top nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, Breyer’s former clerk worked at the U.S. Sentencing Commission and has been a federal trial court judge since 2013 ...

  • As Biden considers Supreme Court justice replacement, three contenders emerge as frontrunners

    As Biden considers Supreme Court justice replacement, three contenders emerge as frontrunners

    Jan 27, 2022 04:27 PM EDT

    ... A look at Justice Stephen Breyer’s career and opinions on the bench Early discussions about a successor are focusing on U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, according to four people familiar with the matter ...

  • WATCH: Democrats promise swift confirmation to fill Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's seat

    WATCH: Democrats promise swift confirmation to fill Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's seat

    Jan 26, 2022 08:09 PM EDT

    ... Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, for example, all voted last year to confirm U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of Biden’s possible nominees. Graham indicated in a statement Wednesday that he's unlikely to support Biden's pick, whoever ...

  • Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire

    Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire

    Jan 26, 2022 05:49 PM EDT

    ... member of the court at 73. Among the names being circulated as potential nominees are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, prominent civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill and U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs, whom Biden has nominated to be an appeals court ...

  • Court rejects Trump's efforts to keep records from Jan. 6 committee

    Court rejects Trump's efforts to keep records from Jan. 6 committee

    Dec 09, 2021 09:54 PM EDT

    ... three of the appeals court judges who heard the arguments were nominated by Democrats. Millett and Judge Robert Wilkins were nominated by former President Barack Obama. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a Biden appointee seen as a contender for a Supreme Court seat should one open during the current administration.