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