WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has a new assignment: helping President Joe Biden select the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Biden said Thursday that he would nominate a Black woman to replace retiring liberal Justice Stephen Breyer and that he would consult leading scholars and lawyers on the appointment.
“And I’m fortunate to have advising me in the selection process Vice President Kamala Harris,” Biden said. “She’s an exceptional lawyer, former attorney general of the state of California and former member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.”