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With the advice and consent of the United States Senate, the president of the United States appoints the members of the Supreme Court of the United States, which is the highest court of the federal judiciary of the United States. Following his victory in the 2020 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden took office as president on January 20, 2021. During the 2020 Democratic primary campaign, Biden pledged to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court, [1] [2] [3] although unlike his opponent, Donald Trump, Biden did not release a specific list of potential nominees during the 2020 general election campaign. [4]

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In February 2022, Biden selected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who retired at the end of the court's 2022 term. [5] [6] [7]

Court composition under Biden

NameAppointedAppointed byLaw school (JD or LLB)
John Roberts
(Chief Justice)		2005George W. Bush Harvard University
Clarence Thomas 1991George H. W. Bush Yale University
Samuel Alito 2006George W. BushYale University
Sonia Sotomayor 2009Barack ObamaYale University
Elena Kagan 2010Harvard University
Neil Gorsuch 2017Donald TrumpHarvard University
Brett Kavanaugh 2018Yale University
Amy Coney Barrett 2020 University of Notre Dame
Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022Joe BidenHarvard University

Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson with President Joe Biden in 2022

On January 26, 2022, it was reported that Justice Stephen Breyer planned to step down at the end of the court's current term, giving Biden his first opportunity to name a justice to the court. [8] On January 27, Biden reiterated his intention to keep his campaign promise to nominate a Black woman. [9] On February 22, it was reported that Biden had met with his top three contenders, Ketanji Brown Jackson, J. Michelle Childs and Leondra Kruger. [10] [11] On February 25, it was announced that Biden would nominate Judge Jackson. [12] [6] [13] [14] On April 7, 2022, Jackson was confirmed by a vote of 53–47. [15] She was then sworn in on June 30, 2022, at noon, when Breyer's retirement went into effect. [16] [17] [18] [19]

Names mentioned as likely nominees

Following is a list of individuals who have been mentioned in various news accounts as possible nominees for a Supreme Court appointment under Biden:

Note: Individuals marked with an asterisk would fulfill Biden's commitment that his first nominee be a Black woman. [9]

Bolded individuals have been selected by Biden for the Supreme Court.

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