cause of the collapse. griff: there could be a battle looming justice stephen breyer s seat, and democrats are some are lobbying, knowing that the republicans can t stop them. a closer look. you can distill the supreme court battle into three questions, who is the nominee, who supports the nominee and we ll start with when the senate could confirm the nominee. we want to be deliberate, we want to move quickly. president biden says he ll announce his pick by the end of february, vetting a confirmation hearing and even a vote could come in the spring or summer. that s before justice stephen breyer officially steps down. we know a little bit about who the president may tap. that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. house majority whip jim
becomes imminently powerful. all eyes focus on joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, they ve generally nominated president biden s nominees. we re joined by the democratic analyst, and let s pick up where chad left off there. since news of justice breyer s retirement leaked wednesday, democrats have been duking it out in the media. immediately reminding president biden that he committed to appointing a black female justice. the white house was asked to weigh in immediately afterwards and recommitted to this. it s almost as if the leaders in your party are not communicating with each other off line. what ever happens at the end, the democrats are going to close ranks behind the president.
qualified, intellectual, reasonable person who is sitting in this lifetime position. we do not need a political zealot. gillian: jennifer, let me ask you, do you not see any female black candidates that you believe are qualified? well, i think that some of the names of the people that he has put forth are folks that have been public defenders, so they re coming in with an initial bias to their political views. and this is not, this is the one branch of government that isn t political. we all have our own political beliefs, but when it comes to the judiciary, you need to be the most unbiased person. and if we look at who he s rephrasing with justice breyer who is a pragmatic decision maker and he s always been an ardent defender of the court s reputation and i think when they re looking at who to replace him with, it needs to