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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

What to know about Biden's Supreme Court nominees

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

President Biden is considering who he’ll nominate to the Supreme court. She’ll make history in more ways than one. So who does the president have in mind? Gloria Browne-Marshall and Renee Knake Jefferson join Kimberly Atkins-Stohr.

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If all goes as President Biden hopes, the next new justice on the Supreme Court will, for the first time ever, be a black woman.

1:03.3

In these hyperpartisan times, he's got to choose very carefully as he told NBC's Lester Holt earlier this month.

1:11.1

I'm not looking to make an ideological choice.

1:14.3

I'm looking for someone that plays Judge Breyer with the same kind of capacity Judge Breyer with an open mind

1:22.3

who understands how the Constitution interprets it in a way that is consistent with the mainstream interpretation of the Constitution.

1:30.1

Three candidates are reported to be on his short list.

1:33.5

During their careers, all three have been praised and admired by Democrats and Republicans.

1:39.1

First up, Federal Appeals Court Judge for the District of Columbia, Katanji Brown, Jackson.

1:44.5

Here's former acting flister general, Neil Katyal, followed by former Republican Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan.

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