Judge Michelle Childs is under consideration for Supreme Court nomination, White House confirms
Judge Michelle Childs is under consideration for Supreme Court nomination, White House confirms
By Ed O'Keefe - Yesterday 8:01 PM
Childs, 55, is based in Columbia, South Carolina, and was nominated last year by President Biden to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, often regarded as the second-most prominent federal court because of its proximity to the high court, the caliber of cases it considers and because so many of its judges have been elevated to the Supreme Court.
South Carolina federal judge Michelle Childs is under consideration to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House confirmed late Friday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee had been scheduled to hold a confirmation hearing for Childs's nomination next week, but aides confirmed Friday that her hearing would be postponed.
The White House explained late Friday the postponement is because Childs is under consideration to succeed Breyer.
"Judge Childs is among multiple individuals under consideration for the Supreme Court, and we are not going to move her nomination on the Court of Appeals while the President is considering her for this vacancy," White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement.
Bates added that news reports "indicating that the President is only seriously considering three potential nominees is incorrect."
Childs has a powerful cheerleader in her corner. South Carolina Representative James Clyburn, the House Majority Whip, is publicly pushing her to take the spot, arguing she brings unique professional and personal experience to the court. Among other things, she is a graduate of state universities — the University of South Florida and University of South Carolina — attributes that Clyburn argues are sorely missing from the court.
Childs is among several contenders under consideration, including Ketanji Brown Jackson, also a judge on the D.C. appeals court, and Leondra Kruger, a justice on the California Supreme Court who once served in the Justice Department's Office of the Solicitor General.
Mr. Biden has set a self-imposed deadline of late February to announce his choice and is vowing to fulfill a campaign pledge to appoint a Black woman to the court for the first time.
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By Ed O'Keefe - Yesterday 8:01 PM
Childs, 55, is based in Columbia, South Carolina, and was nominated last year by President Biden to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, often regarded as the second-most prominent federal court because of its proximity to the high court, the caliber of cases it considers and because so many of its judges have been elevated to the Supreme Court.
South Carolina federal judge Michelle Childs is under consideration to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House confirmed late Friday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee had been scheduled to hold a confirmation hearing for Childs's nomination next week, but aides confirmed Friday that her hearing would be postponed.
The White House explained late Friday the postponement is because Childs is under consideration to succeed Breyer.
"Judge Childs is among multiple individuals under consideration for the Supreme Court, and we are not going to move her nomination on the Court of Appeals while the President is considering her for this vacancy," White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement.
Bates added that news reports "indicating that the President is only seriously considering three potential nominees is incorrect."
Childs has a powerful cheerleader in her corner. South Carolina Representative James Clyburn, the House Majority Whip, is publicly pushing her to take the spot, arguing she brings unique professional and personal experience to the court. Among other things, she is a graduate of state universities — the University of South Florida and University of South Carolina — attributes that Clyburn argues are sorely missing from the court.
Childs is among several contenders under consideration, including Ketanji Brown Jackson, also a judge on the D.C. appeals court, and Leondra Kruger, a justice on the California Supreme Court who once served in the Justice Department's Office of the Solicitor General.
Mr. Biden has set a self-imposed deadline of late February to announce his choice and is vowing to fulfill a campaign pledge to appoint a Black woman to the court for the first time.
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Judge J. Michelle Childs, who has served on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina since 2010, is one of several candidates the president is considering for the opening, a White House spokesman said. Childs has been supported by House Majority Whip James Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat and key ally to the Biden administration.
Childs, who Biden nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this month, is the first candidate the White House has publicly confirmed. Her consideration, first reported by The Washington Post, came days before she was scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing.