The White House confirmed on Friday that South Carolina District Court Judge Michelle Childs is being considered as a replacement to retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court.
Newt Gingrich tells Laura Ingraham about the importance of having 'really good investigations' and 'really good hearings' during the SCOTUS nomination process.The White House confirmed on Friday that South Carolina District Court Judge Michelle Childs is being considered as a replacement for retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court.
Childs has earned the support of House Majority Whip James Clyburn, who was instrumental in urging Biden to pledge that he would nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court during the 2020 presidential campaign. Clyburn endorsed Biden the day after the pledge was made. Clyburn touted Childs’ path from a blue-collar family through South Carolina Public Law School to working as a deputy director of a state agency and as a workers comp judge. Clyburn said she knows the corporate side of the world as well as the labor side and that she has been an"outstanding federal judge."
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