sure there is a black woman on the supreme court to make sure we in fact get every representation. not a joke. not a joke. i pushed very hard for that. so far officials are not ruling out vice president kamala harris. would someone who was an attorney general of the large state and who served with many key senate votes be an attractive candidate to the president for an open supreme court seat? i see what you did there, peter. but, the president has every intention, as he said before, of running for re-election and for running for re-election with vice president harris on the ticket as his partner. peter: this gives biden a chance to do something reaganesque. after all, reagan promised during his campaign to nominate a woman to the supreme court and he did. biden promised to nominate a black woman and he can you just got a taste of it from jen psaki here. officials are not answering even the most basic questions about this with a yes or a no.
and gender and not nearly enough on quality that makes them worthy for the highest court in the land. i am looking forward to making sure there is a black woman on the supreme court and making sure. not a joke. i ve worked very hard for that. that was joe biden on the campaign trail back in 2020. now his pledge is but a prelude to what could be a presidency altering selection. but the longtime liberal supreme court justice stephen breyer now said to leave the bench at the conclusion of this term. i will let him make whatever statement he is going to make and i will be happy to talk it out of him later. the story broke before breyer could announce his decision surprising that just as in many court watchers would seem him repeatedly resist previous calls for him to step down, thus clearing the way for younger jurists.
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and opportunity to decide what he or she is going to do and announce it on their own. there has been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he s going to make and i will be happy to talk antibiotic later. joe biden was there at the beginning almost 28 years ago when justice breyer was before the senate justice committee. and now joe biden is going to be in charge of picking a replacement. all we know about that, is that he s pledged to pick a black woman. we don t know which one. but we do know the white house, at least today, is not entirely ruling out the possibility that it could be vice president kamala harris. would someone who was attorney general of a large state and served with many key senate votes be an attractive candidate to the president for an open supreme court seat? i see what you did there, peter, but the president has every intention, as he said
politics. justice breyer himself cannot be considered the very seat he is vacating because he is a white man. what is wrong with black men, what is wrong with asian women or hispanic men? i think that this obsession with race, skin color, is actually going to hurt the ability to choose someone who might be a brilliant and it is as you said, ironic that the court is going to be considering this fall the case on whether race-based preferences in college and university admissions should survive constitutional scrutiny. shannon: and help us as we try to figure out a short list of people that the president will go to, been a lot of speculation about some specific judges out there, some jurists that i thought harry, i will get your reaction. judge ketanji brown jackson. very well respected on the circuit which is viewed as the aaa of the leagues of getting you into the supreme court. a number have come from that court.