President Joe Biden will select his first high court nominee by the end of February.
to succeed Breyer, there’s no guarantee they’d do the same with a Supreme Court vacancy in question. It’s possible that this won’t be as contentious as recent confirmations, since Biden’s pick wouldn’t alter the 6-3 tilt conservatives enjoy. But it’s also an election year, and it’s easy to imagine Republicans trying to slow-walk the process until after November, when they’re anticipated to regain power in Congress, or to put up a fight for the sake of rallying their base ahead of the midterms.
will be a Black woman — the first, if confirmed, on the bench of the nation’s high court. It’s likely they will, as they have already in helping Bidenin his first year than any president since Ronald Reagan. But that unity also can’t be taken for granted. Lower court confirmations are traditionally low-profile matters compared with those of the Supreme Court, especially in recent years as Trump era politics pierced through the illusion that the high bench is somehow above the partisan fray.
McConnell has already made a mockery of confirmation procedures, changing the rules as he sees fit to block or install justices — including Barrett, who was
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