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Michelle Childs’ backers urge Biden to consider judge’s non-Ivy League credentials

A pair of influential South Carolina lawmakers who want the president to elevate Michelle Childs to the Supreme Court are pressing Joe Biden to send a message with the pick that the federal bench is attainable for Americans who did not attend a set of elite colleges.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Clyburn counts the votes, sees Biden needing GOP support for Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court will need Republican support to receive Senate confirmation, a leading Democratic lawmaker said Friday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Childs gets prosecutors' 'wholehearted' backing for DC court

A bipartisan group of two dozen former South Carolina federal prosecutors are offering their “wholehearted support” for Judge Michelle Childs’ nomination to an appellate court

The Independent UK

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From early on, Childs seen as ‘destined for further things’

The fact that Michelle Childs is under consideration to fill a Supreme Court vacancy comes as no surprise to some of her legal colleagues in South Carolina

The Independent UK

Supreme Court shouldn't be covered in Ivy, 2 lawmakers say

Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham say it'd be good if the person named to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn’t have an Ivy League degree

The Independent UK

Clyburn, architect of Biden's court pledge, pushes his pick

At Joe Biden’s lowest moment in the 2020 campaign, influential Rep. Jim Clyburn suggested that Biden should pledge to put the first Black woman on the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Biden ally in House floats lower child tax credit income cap

A top House Democrat suggested Thursday that his party scale back eligibility for child tax credits as a way to unlock President Joe Biden’s stalled economic agenda.

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US calls for UN security council meeting to discuss Ukraine crisis – as it happened

The group has not been able to take any action in its previous meetings as Russia is a veto-wielding member of the security council – follow

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