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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States.Established by Article III of the Constitution, the Court was organized by the 1st United States Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1789, which specified its original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the size of the Supreme Court at six, with one chief justice ...
Following is a list of individuals who have been mentioned in various news accounts as possible nominees for a Supreme Court appointment under Biden: Note: Individuals marked with an asterisk would fulfill Biden's commitment that his first nominee be a Black woman. [9] Bolded individuals have been selected by Biden for the Supreme Court.
As there was a Supreme Court vacancy at the time of the 2016 presidential campaign, advisors to then-candidate Donald Trump developed, and Trump made public, two lists of potential Supreme Court nominees. [8] [9] Ruth Bader Ginsburg officially accepting the nomination as associate justice from President Bill Clinton on June 14, 1993
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday, taking her first steps toward confirmation as Democratic senators and the White House push for a swift ...
As President Biden searches for a Supreme Court nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, legal scholar Adam White explains why this is a big deal, how it could play out politically and ...
The announcement that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire comes as something of a relief to Democrats, many of whom worry that their chances of replacing him with a liberal justice ...
On February 25, 2022, Biden announced that Jackson was his nominee to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court. [106] Her nomination was sent to the Senate on February 28. [ 107 ] Her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on March 21. [ 108 ]
The total number of Biden Article III judgeship nominees confirmed by the United States Senate was 235, including one associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 45 judges for the United States courts of appeals, 187 judges for the United States district courts and two judges for the United States Court of International Trade.