Feb. 11, 2022: Where things stand with SCOTUS

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🗓️ 11 February 2022

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The first clips of President Joe Biden's sitdown interview with NBC’s Lester Holt were released Thursday night (the full video will air on Sunday’s Super Bowl pregame show). Biden announced that his shortlist of potential nominees to replace Justice Stephen Breyer is down to four. Biden: “I’ve taken about four people and done the deep dive on them — meaning thorough background checks, and to see if there’s anything in the background that would make them not qualified.” Also: “I think whomever I pick will get a vote from the Republican side for the following reason: I’m not looking to make an ideological choice here.” And WaPo’s Seung Min Kim has a look at the status of Biden’s SCOTUS selection process. Listen to Playbook Deep Dive: The Gen X activists upending Democratic politics Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Senior Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	presented by pharma.
0:03.5	Hey, good morning, playbookers on Raguamunovallin. It's Friday. Today's show, the latest on
0:08.9	President Joe Biden's SCOTUS nominee. This is your Politico Playbook Daily briefing.
0:18.1	The first clips of President Joe Biden's sit-down interview with NBC's Lester Holt were released last night.
0:24.1	The full video, of course, will air on Sunday's Super Bowl pre-game show Go Rams, and, among other things, President Biden touched on his upcoming SCOTUS nominee.
0:33.6	Biden announced that a short list of potential nominees to replace Justice Stephen Breyer is down to four.
0:39.4	What's the number you're at? Four, five, six? Well, what I've done is I've taken about four people and done the deep dive on the meeting,
0:46.6	this thorough background checks and see if there's anything in the background that would make them not qualified.
0:53.4	Is it important that you believe they'll get a vote from the Republican side?
0:57.0	Well, I think whomever I think will get a vote from the Republican side for the following reason.
1:02.1	I'm not looking to make an ideological choice here.
1:05.0	I'm looking for someone to replace Judge Breyer with the same kind of capacity Judge Breyer had with an open mind who understands
1:13.9	the Constitution interprets it in a way that is consistent with the mainstream interpretation
1:19.3	of the Constitution. Sungman Kim from the Washington Post has a look at the status of Biden's
1:24.1	SCOTUS selection process. Here's what you need to know. The FBI vetting is
1:28.4	underway. Quote, the FBI has started interviewing people who know Katanji Brown Jackson,
1:33.2	Leandro Kruger, and J. Michelle Childs as part of the formal vetting process. Outreach to Republicans
1:38.7	is also underway. Biden is called Senator Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney.
1:44.1	Quote, Romney said he urged a Supreme Court pick in the mold of Breyer, who was reliably
1:48.4	liberal, but is also known as a consensus billbearer.
1:51.7	Senior White House aides have also spoken with senators John Cornyn, Rob Portman, and
1:55.8	Lindsey Graham. Biden plans to start interviewing potential nominees next week.
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