First Thing: Who will replace Stephen Breyer at the supreme court?

Joe Biden has now the opportunity to fulfill his campaign promise that a Black woman would be a justice.

Good morning.

Joe Biden has an opportunity to fulfill a campaign promise and strengthen his legacy. Yesterday's news about Justice Stephen Breyer retiring from the supreme Court.

CNN reports that Biden and Breyer will make a public appearance today in order to officially announce Breyer's retirement.
Breyer, at 83, is the oldest member the highest court of the country. He is one of six conservatives to outnumber the liberals.
Biden had made it clear that there would be a Black woman at the supreme Court if he were elected president.
Court watchers already suggested a few possibilities of who Biden might nominate to replace Breyer. These included several US court of appels judges, US district court judges and an associate Supreme Court Justice of California. Sherrilyn Ifill is president and director-counsel of the Legal Defense and Educational Fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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