Why Biden's Supreme Court pick may be a safe choice and a non-factor in the midterms

Shannon Bream joined “The Ben Domenech Podcast” to discuss President Biden's options for the Supreme Court and how the timing of Justice Breyer's retirement impacts the midterm elections.

I do think if he had a bigger majority in the Senate, you may be swinging for the fences and the progressive groups who want to push for somebody who's further left would have more voice in the White House. I don't think they have a lot of room for that. I think that this being so deeply split, that's going to definitely weigh in on the choice. You've got to get Joe Manchin's vote; you've got to get Kyrsten Sinema's vote.

But I will say that the woman and the jurist we expect is at the top of the list just went through the Senate last year and got three GOP votes in addition to the Democrats sticking together. So I think that makes a good argument for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson because it's going to be hard for Republicans to stand up and say, well, she was qualified last year, but now that she's on the Supreme Court or could be not qualified. So, they've got a little bit of wiggle room.