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Thursday, May 28, 2020

Here's Who Joe Biden Could Pick for the Supreme Court

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has pledged to appoint the first African-American woman to the Supreme Court if he prevails in November.

Biden's promise is a nod to the black voters who revived his once-flailing presidential campaign. His zealous courting of black votes has been awkward in stretches, as when he told radio host Charlamagne tha God that African Americans struggling to choose between himself and President Donald Trump "ain't black."

There are two broad groups Biden might select from, the first including sitting judges on federal and state courts, the second with more academic backgrounds. The leftwing group Demand Justice, which is pressing Biden to release a shortlist of potential nominees, has released its own list, which is heavy on academics and cause lawyers. A Washington Free Beacon analysis found the most likely candidates are U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, and U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, with Stacey Abrams as a possible wildcard pick.

Every president since Ronald Reagan has made at least two appointments to the Supreme Court. Biden's pledge gives him a relatively small pool of candidates with a traditional background for elevation to the High Court. According to biographical data kept by the Federal Judicial Center, there are 17 black female federal judges under the age of 60, the upper limit for Supreme Court nominees in recent decades. Trump's two appointees, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, were 49 and 53 respectively. Only a handful of black women on the federal bench are under 55, meaning Biden will have to cast a wider net for potential picks.

If elected, Biden will have to balance three competing problems when selecting a nominee: mounting pressure from the left to pick a candidate with varied occupational experiences, a possible Republican majority in the Senate, and the prospect of an expansive search.

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18 comments:

  1. Little Joey wont need a wider net unless it is to round them up. They won’t need qualifications, only two. Female, black. They always said black was beautiful. My, my, my. The so called judge messing with Flynn is a male, but ain’t he beautiful. Crat party is just a bunch of misfits. And that my friend is worse than deplorable.

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  2. Dream on Joe , no chance in hell you will get to pick..Trump is going to wipe the floor with you!!

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  3. Biden isn’t capable of picking someone he would be a figurehead for someone else.

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  4. Thankfully, Joe can't win!

    President Trump gets to select Ruthy's successor!

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    1. They will keep her propped up in a hospital voting by phone for four years.!They managed the past four. I don’t wish her harm, but why would one want to be employed at that age.

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  5. Maxine Watters also is up for it.

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  6. Oh man, a black woman would be screaming and fightin' everybody.

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  7. Biden would be a proxy president, an empty headed front man for the Left; that is until he becomes a liability, when the likes of a Stacey Abrams takes the White House.

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  8. He left out transgender.

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  9. SlowJoe will keep a short list of names he can sometimes recall: KamelHarris, Moochie and Tank Abrams, his VP leftovers after he chose Chicago's black, female, LSMFT mayor as VP choice.

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  10. Democrats have made it clear running mate has to be female and black

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  11. You can guarantee his pic will be the useful idiot for the deep swamp new world order. A lacky just like most of our past presidents...its why they Spread lies and TDS. It involves both democrats and some republicans and they will back this pick. Once the order goes out to the lodges.

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  12. You can guarantee his pic will be the useful idiot for the deep swamp new world order. A lacky just like most of our past presidents...its why they Spread lies and TDS. It involves both democrats and some republicans and they will back this pick. Once the order goes out to the lodges.

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  13. AOC would be a good pick

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  14. Jughead Biden has to get there first!

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  15. The last time I heard joe picked someone who was no longer living.Seriously.

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  16. Anyone smart/wise enough to fit the bill?

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  17. Qualifications should take precedence over pandering you would think.

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