Biden picks Supreme Court nominee: US media
According to US media, President Joe Biden has picked someone to replace the retiring justice in his country.
US President Joe Biden has made a final decision on who he will pick to be his first Supreme Court nominee, US media reported Thursday night.
The democrat had made a campaign promise to put the first black woman in the country's history on the chair of the highest judicial position in the states. Biden reiterated his pledge when Supreme Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement late last month.
US media reported that Biden had made up his mind on who he was picking for the post, citing sources familiar with the matter, who said it would become public as soon as Friday but no later than Monday.
The US administration has been secretive about Biden's pick for a Justice, but Biden previously disclosed that his decision would be made by the end of February.
During a White House press briefing, spokesperson Jen Psaki was asked if the latest Russian operation in Donbass would cause a shift in the timelines, but Psaki said the president was "still on track to make an announcement before the end of the month."
If whoever Biden chooses is able to gain the approval of the Senate whose seats are halved between the democrats and republicans, she would become America's third black person on the Supreme Court.
Joe Biden had announced that he planned on naming a black woman to replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer by the end of February.
Breyer had announced his retirement in a letter to Biden on Thursday, giving the President the chance to fill a vacancy on the nine-member court. The court currently holds a 6-3 conservative majority, which will not be changed through this appointment.