the top name in speculation right now judge katanji brown jackson, joe biden recently appointed to the d.c. circuit court of appeals to replace merrick garland. jackson is a former clerk of justice breyer, confirmed in a 53-44 majority by the senate. joining me is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams, chief legal correspondent and host of the beat ari melber, kelly o donnell and slate legal correspondent dahlia lithwick. pete, you broke this news. justice breyer himself has not announced it or made it official but can you tell us anything about the decision-making process behind his decision to retire? well, our understanding is he came to this decision within the last several weeks. he s obviously in good health. he is 83. he s the court s oldest member but that apparently did not his age or health did not play a
jeffrey, jessica schneider laid out the three candidates, katanji leondra kruger and michelle childs. what can you say about them? what you can say about katanji brown, she lays out what is consistent with this senate. it will be difficult to give reasons why she s unqualified in the last year. in addition, she has the greatest formal requirement. she was a supreme court law clerk for stephen breyer. she has been a federal district judge and a federal appeals court judge. leondra kruger has the advantage
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