President Biden is expected to announce the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Friday afternoon, multiple outlets reported.
Biden made the final decision on Thursday night, and will inform Jackson in a phone call on Friday morning, a person familiar with the process told CNN. The announcement will come a month after Justice Stephen Breyer, one of three liberal justices on the bench, informed Biden that he intends to retire.
Biden has interviewed three finalists for the nomination, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday. Those finalists were reportedly Jackson, who Biden appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger; and Judge J. Michelle Childs, who has served on multiple state courts in South Carolina.
A person informed of Biden’s decision told CNN that Jackson will be the nominee and the New York Times and Wall Street Journal subsequently confirmed the selection.
Following through on a campaign pledge, Biden promised to nominate a black woman as the next Supreme Court justice.
“The person I will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity,” Biden said at a January press conference. “And that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the United States supreme court. It's long overdue in my opinion.”
Breyer said that he intends to retire once the Court leaves for its summer recess, “assuming that by then my successor has been nominated and confirmed.” The confirmation of Biden’s nominee must occur within the next several months in order to meet that deadline.
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