an important moment. it s an enormous moment, especially for black women, the idea of being on the court is huge. and the one justice who consistently raises race on the supreme court is clarence thomas. he often does so from a conservative perspective. it would be really interesting to have another jurist who can speak to the african american experience that is different from justice thomas perspective. thank you all for being an incredible megapanel here as we ve been juggling this developing news. more on this coming up. we re talking with a former clerk to justice stephen breyer. but first, other breaking news on your money. the fed laying out what could be an aggressive path for interest rate hikes soon. we re going to talk about what it means for you. and later, live reaction to all of it from massachusetts
court. and i expect he ll follow through on that. in the senate, we want to be deliberate. we want to be well, let me just say that again. okay. in the senate we want to be deliberate. we want to move quickly. we want to get this done as soon as possible. thank you. okay? that s it. no questions. no. no. okay. a short news statement. not a news conference but a statement from chuck schumer who s reiterating what we have heard so far which is the senate will be as you heard him say deliberate in the process of confirming whof president biden picks to replace the retishs justice breyer. he s not made that statement publicly but people familiar with his thinking telling pete williams that s the case. i want to bring in someone that knows him well. a former clerk for justice
supreme court if the choice is his. here s how psaki handled it. the president has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a black woman to the supreme court. and certainly stands by that. for today, again, i m just not going to be able to say anything about any specifics until justice breyer makes any announcement, should he decide to make an announcement. included in that, halley, she was asked when the last time the president and justice breyer may have spoken. she declined to comment on that. and pete can tell us the process, but i remember from other times, usually the head clerk would deliver the letter formally to the white house in addition to any phone call that might happen between the justice and the president. lots of details, lots of
sure there s a black woman on the supreme court to make sure not a joke. not a joke. i pushed very hard for that. you have two names reportedly floating around the top of the president s list. judge jackson and judge krueger. tell us more. judge jackson was just elevated last year, she s a former breyer clerk. so the optics of that could be quite appeals to the white house. for example, brett kavanaugh was a former clerk to justice kennedy, and replaced him. judge krueger is an associate justice of the california supreme court. former clerk to judge stevens. so i expect she would have no problem getting through the judiciary committee. a wild card would be sherrilyn
kept. among the contenders, ketanji brown jackson, leondra kruger. brown jackson, a former breyer law clerk 51 and twice confirmed by the senate including once by this senate. i m not ejecting my personal views, i m evenhandedly applying the law. leondra krueger a justice on california s supreme court, and clerked for john paul stevens, 45, a deputy in the solicitor general s office during the obama administration arguing a dozen cases before the supreme court. and mi sheld childs a federal judge in south carolina, recently nominated to the court of appeals for the dc circuit, 55 and clerked with jim clyburn. she s got a bachelor s degree from university of south florida, she has a doctorate she has a jurisdoctorate from the university of south carolina, from duke university. she s thoroughly southern. now a vote that requires the senate will give him months of