Biden's D.C. Appeals Court Nominee Viewed As Potential Supreme Court Justice
The president nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to take the place of Merrick Garland, who resigned when he was confirmed as U.S. attorney general.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated Tuesday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, is among the top contenders for a seat on the Supreme Court, if there is a vacancy in the Biden years.
If confirmed to the D.C. appeals court, she would take the place of Merrick Garland, who resigned when he was confirmed as U.S. Attorney General. Jackson has served as a federal district court judge since 2013 and was on President Obama's Supreme Court shortlist in 2016.
Back then, she was a long shot. Not this time. President Biden has pledged that he will name an African American woman to the Supreme Court
