Biden to meet with potential Supreme Court nominees ‘soon,’ senator says
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told a group of Senate Democrats on Thursday that he will meet with potential Supreme Court nominees “soon.” “We’re anxious to get started,” Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate majority whip and Judiciary Committee chairman, told reporters after members of the panel met privately with Biden. Members left the meeting with the impression that Biden’s pick ...
by Nolan D. McCaskill, Los Angeles Times
Feb 10, 2022
3 minutes
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told a group of Senate Democrats on Thursday that he will meet with potential Supreme Court nominees “soon.”
“We’re anxious to get started,” Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate majority whip and Judiciary Committee chairman, told reporters after members of the panel met privately with Biden.
Members left the meeting with the impression that Biden’s pick could win bipartisan support in the Senate, where Supreme Court battles in recent years have become bitterly partisan.
They also commended the president for following
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