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Biden to Assign First Black Woman to Sit on Supreme Court


Fri 28 Jan 2022 | 10:29 AM
Omnia Ahmed

U.S. President Joe Biden promised, on Thursday, he will nominate a Black woman to the US Supreme Court for the first time in history.

"I've made no decision except (the) person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity," Biden said in an address from the White House.

"And that person will be the first Black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court."

Justice Stephen Breyer officially retired, stating that the US was an experiment that is still going on.

“My children and grandchildren will determine whether the experiment will last, and as an optimist, I’m pretty sure that it will,” Breyer said.

Speaking at a podium alongside Breyer, Biden affirmed that he would seek a speedy nomination process, promising to name his candidate by the end of February.

In his resignation letter, published Thursday, Breyer underlined the coordinated plan to ensure that the succession moves with minimal upheaval, confirming that he will stay on the court through the packed current term -- but not before his replacement is ready.

"I intend this decision to take effect when the court rises for the summer recess this year (typically late June or early July) assuming that by then my successor has been nominated and confirmed," he wrote.