
White House confirms J. Michelle Childs is among 'multiple individuals' under consideration for Supreme Court nomination
CNN
South Carolina US District Judge J. Michelle Childs is among the people President Joe Biden is considering as a Supreme Court nominee, the White House confirmed Friday night, and as a result there will not be a hearing on her nomination to the Court of Appeals while she is under consideration for the high court.
The Senate Judiciary Committee earlier Friday said it was delaying Childs' nomination hearing because she is on a list of Biden's potential picks to serve on the Supreme Court.
"Judge Childs is among multiple individuals under consideration for the Supreme Court, and we are not going to move her nomination on the Court of Appeals while the President is considering her for this vacancy," White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement.

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