White House considering wider list of Supreme Court nominees

that's why, thank you. Black women are extremely brilliant, extremely talented and extremely qualified but have been overlooked for so long that I'm just like, this is, y'all's moment, This is our moment. I'm excited, especially for the women who have been putting in work and these women who are on this list have been putting in work. They're not new to the field, They're not new to the law. And I think when I think about the Supreme Court opinions that I've had to read in classes, I'm like, where was the black woman's voice? That's constantly what I think about. How are you all making a decision about a woman's body or about something pertaining a woman? And there's not a full holistic view of womanhood on the Supreme Court holistically, especially with the climate that we're in right now and all of the abortion cases and when you look at the statistics on who get abortions and who don't get abortions, um I do know that african american women are there. We do have like a high number um and women who get abortions, but so do other races. But I I think that saying the abortion cases presented before the Supreme Court and having another woman there essentially and having an african american woman who can speak for the culture essentially um as well as americans as a whole, but just to give a different opinion and we we need a one, we need another woman on the bench. I will say just to see how everything will happen and will unfold because I think everyone is on edge right now and we're just all trying to see. And I know a lot of civil rights cases are presenting themselves, especially when it comes to like the environmental sector. So saying everything comes, I think we're all just excited and we're anticipating and we hope that it's a positive impact going forward.

The White House says it's considering a wider list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court than has been reported thus far, according to a source familiar with the discussions.The source indicates there are several new names emerging as the White House casts a broad net.The list includes judges President Joe Biden previously placed on the lower courts, noted civil rights attorneys, and a New York University professor. Biden has said he will nominate the first Black woman to the bench.Among them are 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Holly A. Thomas, federal Circuit Court Judge Tiffany P. Cunningham, civil rights attorney and 11th Circuit Court candidate Nancy G. Abudu, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Arianna J. Freeman, NYU law professor Melissa Murray, 7th Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, District Judge Wilhelmina "Mimi" Wright, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, 2nd Circuit Judge Eunice Lee and Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights attorney who recently announced plans to step down from her role as President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.In a statement Friday night, a White House spokesman confirmed that Judge J. Michelle Childs was "under consideration" for the Supreme Court, but pushed back on the notion that the President was only considering three potential nominees.The names of Childs, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger have been widely circulating as representing an early short list. As soon as next week the White House is set to begin reaching out and potentially meeting with possible candidates, a move meant to highlight what the President said would be a "rigorous" process to consider "one of the most serious constitutional responsibilities a President has."Justice Stephen Breyer has said he will step down at the end of the term, sometime in late June or early July. The President has vowed to announce his nominee by the end of February and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised swift confirmation hearings.Some Republicans, however, are calling for a slower timetable and referring to the names already being floated as "radical."On Friday, Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker said whomever Biden nominates "will probably not get a single Republican vote" and that the nominee would be a "beneficiary" of affirmative action. The White House responded Saturday by saying it hoped Wicker would give Biden's nominee the same consideration he gave to then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett, of whom Wicker said he thought would "prove to be an inspiration" to his daughters and granddaughters.

WASHINGTON —

The White House says it's considering a wider list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court than has been reported thus far, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

The source indicates there are several new names emerging as the White House casts a broad net.

The list includes judges President Joe Biden previously placed on the lower courts, noted civil rights attorneys, and a New York University professor. Biden has said he will nominate the first Black woman to the bench.

Among them are 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Holly A. Thomas, federal Circuit Court Judge Tiffany P. Cunningham, civil rights attorney and 11th Circuit Court candidate Nancy G. Abudu, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Arianna J. Freeman, NYU law professor Melissa Murray, 7th Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, District Judge Wilhelmina "Mimi" Wright, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, 2nd Circuit Judge Eunice Lee and Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights attorney who recently announced plans to step down from her role as President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

In a statement Friday night, a White House spokesman confirmed that Judge J. Michelle Childs was "under consideration" for the Supreme Court, but pushed back on the notion that the President was only considering three potential nominees.

The names of Childs, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger have been widely circulating as representing an early short list.

As soon as next week the White House is set to begin reaching out and potentially meeting with possible candidates, a move meant to highlight what the President said would be a "rigorous" process to consider "one of the most serious constitutional responsibilities a President has."

Justice Stephen Breyer has said he will step down at the end of the term, sometime in late June or early July. The President has vowed to announce his nominee by the end of February and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised swift confirmation hearings.

Some Republicans, however, are calling for a slower timetable and referring to the names already being floated as "radical."

On Friday, said whomever Biden nominates "will probably not get a single Republican vote" and that the nominee would be a "beneficiary" of affirmative action. The White House responded Saturday by saying it hoped Wicker would give Biden's nominee the same consideration he gave to then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett, of whom Wicker said he thought would "prove to be an inspiration" to his daughters and granddaughters.

White House considering wider list of Supreme Court nominees

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