Biden weighing more than a dozen candidates for Supreme Court vacancy
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Washington — President Biden is considering more than a dozen candidates to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, a source familiar with the process told CBS News, with a pool of prospective nominees that ranges from the federal bench to academia. Judge Holly Thomas of the 9th Circuit Judge Tiffany Cunningham of the Federal Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi of the 7th Circuit Judge Eunice Lee of the 2nd Circuit Judge Wilhelmina Wright of the federal district court in Minnesota Nancy Abudu, Mr. Biden's nominee to the 11th Circuit Arianna Freeman, Mr. Biden's nominee to the 3rd Circuit North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Melissa Murray, New York University law professor
The White House confirmed last week that U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs is among the women Mr. Biden is weighing as his nominee to the high court. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who sits on the federal appeals court in the District of Columbia, and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger are also among the names floated to fill the forthcoming vacancy.
While the list is not exhaustive, the source said the three are joined as possible candidates by:
