Biden should tap Harris for SCOTUS. He’ll get the first woman of color on the bench plus he’ll get to pick a new VP that people actually like.

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) January 26, 2022

Texasaggie32 said:

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A shame we couldn't have gotten one of those senate seats in GA...but think it shows that Dems know they're going to lose the Senate soon.

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Yep, I hope the CM's in Georgia are happy. We get 30 plus years of a Marxist on the SC now.

perfect way for Biden to get Harris out of the office

Clay and Buck take: Is this how they deal with the problem that is Kamala Harris? She is a "black" woman, qualifications be damned, nominate her and move her to the SC ... with her casting the tie-breaking vote to affirm her nomination.

Yeah, I don't think so ... but they brought it up.

nm

Maybe a better way for Obama to get Michelle out of the house?

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the odds on favorite I'd guess.

Leslie Abrams Gardner, 45, the sister of former Biden vice-presidential contender Stacey Abrams, is one of only nine Democratic-appointed Black women on the federal bench younger than 55 this year. All are district court judges picked by President Barack Obama.

Aggie95 said:

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perfect way for Biden to get Harris out of the office

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but can she break the tie as VP to confirm herself?????

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kag00 said:

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aggiehawg said:

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Ooof! In an election year?

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New person will be confirmed by end of Feb. They know the senate is likely lost in Nov and won't wait. It will be the smoothest confirmation in history with glowing press coverage and demonization of anyone who questions anything.

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February would pretty damn quick. I'm thinking confirmation hearings in late March or April at the earliest.

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He's retiring at the end of the term, so not until June.

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Biden needs to nominate someone, then they need the FBI check, then the nominee makes the rounds meeting with the Senators before Schumer will allow Nadler to schedule confirmation hearings before the Judiciary Committee.

I really do wonder what the odds of it being Michelle Obama are...

aggiehawg said:

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Ooof! In an election year?

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Has to do it before the R wave is seated after midterms.

How about this judge for the position?

What can the current Republicans do in the Senate to block or allow the confirmation process to come to a crawl? Is it possible to keep this from happening until the new congress is seated? We all know the replacement justice will be a box checker, feel good pick for the lunatic leftist.

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How about this judge for the position?

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How about telling us who it is

Associate Justice Leondra R. Kruger



Immediately before joining the court, Justice Kruger served in the United States Department of Justice as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. From 2007 to 2013, she served in the Department as an Assistant to the Solicitor General and as Acting Deputy Solicitor General. During her tenure in the Office of the Solicitor General, she argued 12 cases in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the federal government. In 2013 and in 2014, she received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, the Department's highest award for employee performance.

Justice Kruger had previously been in private practice, where she specialized in appellate and Supreme Court litigation and taught as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School.

A native of the Los Angeles area, Justice Kruger attended high school in Pasadena. She received her bachelor's degree with high honors from Harvard College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. Following graduation, she served as a law clerk to Judge David S. Tatel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and to Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court.

Merrick Garland to SCOTUS, Harris to AG.

West Point Aggie said:

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Watch him nominate obummer…

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I wish he would. Could you imagine the questions we could get answered by the committee about that POS and his past. All that classified stuff would be fair game.

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mmediately before joining the court, Justice Kruger served in the United States Department of Justice as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. From 2007 to 2013, she served in the Department as an Assistant to the Solicitor General and as Acting Deputy Solicitor General. During her tenure in the Office of the Solicitor General, she argued 12 cases in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the federal government. In 2013 and in 2014, she received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, the Department's highest award for employee performance.....

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Yeah, but what does her hair smell like?

-Joe Biden

Harris would never do that. She would not work an actual routine job. No way she'd go from Senator, VP, to Justice

CanyonAg77 said:

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How about this judge for the position?

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How about telling us who it is

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Janice Rogers Brown

ABATTBQ87 said:

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Associate Justice Leondra R. Kruger



Immediately before joining the court, Justice Kruger served in the United States Department of Justice as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. From 2007 to 2013, she served in the Department as an Assistant to the Solicitor General and as Acting Deputy Solicitor General. During her tenure in the Office of the Solicitor General, she argued 12 cases in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the federal government. In 2013 and in 2014, she received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, the Department's highest award for employee performance.

Justice Kruger had previously been in private practice, where she specialized in appellate and Supreme Court litigation and taught as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School.

A native of the Los Angeles area, Justice Kruger attended high school in Pasadena. She received her bachelor's degree with high honors from Harvard College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. Following graduation, she served as a law clerk to Judge David S. Tatel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and to Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court.

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She seems damn well qualified, but what is her leaning?

aggiehawg said:

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aggiehawg said:

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kag00 said:

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aggiehawg said:

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Ooof! In an election year?

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New person will be confirmed by end of Feb. They know the senate is likely lost in Nov and won't wait. It will be the smoothest confirmation in history with glowing press coverage and demonization of anyone who questions anything.

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February would pretty damn quick. I'm thinking confirmation hearings in late March or April at the earliest.

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He's retiring at the end of the term, so not until June.

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Biden needs to nominate someone, then they need the FBI check, then the nominee makes the rounds meeting with the Senators before Schumer will allow Nadler to schedule confirmation hearings before the Judiciary Committee.

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Will the (R)s in the Senate be smearing the nominee for vague things that happened 35 years ago that no one can really remember and commanding their right-wing legions to "Flood the Capitol!!!"?

If so, that should add a few weeks to the process.

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Seems like a good judge. But even if she wasn't a GW Bush appointee, she's almost 73.

And not to jump your stuff, but dude, at least give a Wiki link or something. We don't remember a judge appointed 20 years ago by W.

Please let it be someone who doesn't make Sotomayor the second worst Justice.

Manchin and Sienema decide next SCJ?

will25u said:

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Manchin and Sienema decide next SCJ?

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Yep.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/us/stephen-breyer-retire-supreme-court.html

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Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the senior member of the Supreme Court's three-member liberal wing, will retire, two people familiar with the decision said, providing President Biden a chance to make good on his pledge to name a Black woman to the court.

Justice Breyer, 83, the oldest member of the court, was appointed in 1994 by President Bill Clinton. After the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020 and the appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett by President Donald J. Trump, he became the subject of an energetic campaign by liberals who wanted him to step down to ensure that Mr. Biden could name his successor while Democrats control the Senate.

With conservatives now in full control of the court, replacing Justice Breyer with another liberal would not change its ideological balance or affect its rightward trajectory in cases on abortion, gun rights, religion and affirmative action.

But Democrats, who control the Senate now by the narrowest of margins, may have to act quickly if they want to ensure that the court does not become even more conservative. If they lose even a single seat in the midterm elections, the balance of power in the chamber would flip, making it much more difficult for Mr. Biden to win confirmation for his nominee.
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Speculation about whom Mr. Biden might nominate has centered on two possibilities: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, who graduated from Harvard Law School and served as a law clerk to Justice Breyer, and Justice Leondra R. Kruger of the California Supreme Court, who graduated from Yale Law School and served as a law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens.

Some of Mr. Biden's supporters have urged him to cast his net wider and to consider candidates without Ivy League degrees or Supreme Court clerkships but with a diversity of experience.

They pointed to, for instance, Judge J. Michelle Childs of the Federal District Court in Columbia, S.C., a graduate of the University of South Carolina's law school and a former law firm partner who also worked in state government. In December, Mr. Biden said he would name Judge Childs to fill a vacancy on the D.C. Circuit, a sign that she may be a serious contender for Justice Breyer's seat.
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Justice Stephen G. Breyer was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times

What is the greatest underrepresented population cohort on the court?

White evangelical Christian (29 %)
https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/racial-and-ethnic-composition/white/

GAC06 said:

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He knows they'll lose the senate. Leftists should be happy he's not clinging on till the end like Ginsberg

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Winner, winner! The Dems learned from Ginsberg and although their margin is as narrow as can be - they'd be foolish to let this opportunity pass.

rwpag71 said:

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Please let it be someone who doesn't make Sotomayor the second worst Justice.

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What have you seen out of Biden in a year that makes you think it won't be?

Kamala or Abrams would be my guess.

StandUpforAmerica said:

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Biden should tap Harris for SCOTUS. He’ll get the first woman of color on the bench plus he’ll get to pick a new VP that people actually like.

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) January 26, 2022

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Would she be able to vote for herself to break the 50:50 tie?!

Winsome Sears

will25u said:

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Manchin and Sienema decide next SCJ?

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Count on at least 5 Republicans voting for whoever is nominated.