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Mellman: Put a Black woman on the Supreme Court
Headline from The Hill, on the newest of 5 developments
Putting a Black woman in Supreme Court deliberations will mean wiser decisions, and that’s a great reason for President Biden to select his first justice from the large pool of brilliant, well -qualified, Black female judges.
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Developments in this update
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Biden's Supreme Court choice: A political promise, but also a matter of justice
Headline from The Hill ·
GOP senator says Black woman Supreme Court pick would be 'beneficiary' of affirmative action
Headline from Local News 8 ·
Collins: Biden's campaign pledge to nominate Black woman to court politicized nomination process
Headline from The Hill ·
Kamala Harris will play a key role in helping Biden choose Supreme Court pick
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will nominate the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court as retiring Justice Stephen Breyer's replacement.
President Joe Biden says he will name a Supreme Court nominee by the end of February. He has affirmed his pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the court.
President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday that he will nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court, adding the decision will be announced by the end of February.
The president’s promise highlights a group that has struggled to become part of the very small pool of elite judges in the nation’s higher federal courts.
President Joe Biden strongly affirmed Thursday that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, declaring such historic representation is "long overdue" and promising to announce his choice by the end of February.
With Justice Stephen Breyer stepping down, President Biden has his first nomination to the high court. He campaigned on picking a Black woman for the lifetime appointment.
Speaking from the White House Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden announced he will appoint a black woman to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Biden says that Kamala Harris, "an exceptional
President Biden on Thursday reaffirmed his vow to make history by nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court and promised to announce his choice by the end of February.
Speaking from the Roosevelt Room at the White House Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden announced he will uphold his campaign promise of appointing a black woman to replace retiring Supreme
For the sake of the court and the country itself, President Biden must strengthen the integrity of the judicial system for all people in the country and end the erasure of Black women from the high Court, writes Fatima Goss Graves.
When President Joe Biden learned this week that he would have the opportunity to fulfill his pledge to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court, a top Democratic ally was ready with a name.
The most important thing about the federal judiciary today is that it has been thoroughly corrupted by the judicial right. But there are other important things. And one of them is the capture of the…
In what will be one of the most monumental endeavors of Joe Biden's presidency, the retirement of Stephen Breyer sets the stage for an immensely important decision by the President.
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he plans by the end of February to nominate a Black woman to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, a historic first that he called “long ove…
