Ted Hesson

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is reaching out and confirming to Republicans that they will be able to meet President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, he stated on Sunday.

Durbin was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee which would hold a confirmation hearing to confirm Biden’s nominee for the highest U.S. Court.

Durbin spoke on ABC’s This Week, saying that she was reaching out “to the Republicans” and promising to make the nominee available so you can get to know them.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer https://www.reuters.com/world/us/liberal-us-supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-retire-media-reports-2022-01-26 announced on Thursday that he will retire after nearly three decades on the court. Biden said he plans by the end of February to nominate a Black woman https://www.reuters.com/world/us/retiring-us-justice-breyer-appear-with-biden-white-house-2022-01-27 to replace Breyer, a historic first that the Democratic president called “long overdue.”

Collins also spoke on ABC and said that she was grateful for Durbin’s offer of interviewing the potential nominee.

Potential nominees include Ketanji Brown Jackson https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-public-defender-jackson-among-possible-biden-supreme-court-picks-2022-01-26, a former Breyer law clerk confirmed by the Senate last June to serve on the influential U.S. Court of the Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Other potential nominees include Leondra Kruger https://www.reuters.com/world/us/potential-biden-supreme-court-pick-leondra-kruger-known-moderate-california-2022-01-26, one of the youngest justices ever appointed to the California Supreme Court, and U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs.

Collins, who voted in Jackson’s favor on the appeals courts, stated that Jackson should be considered for the Supreme Court.

Lindsey Graham (NYSE :), a Republican from South Carolina who is a Judiciary Committee Member, has praised Childs as a highly qualified candidate on CBS’s Face the Nation, but did not state whether he would support her nomination.

Durbin spoke on “Meet the Press” on NBC. Durbin stated that the speed of confirmation for a nominee will depend upon whether the individual has previously been before the Judiciary Committee to nominate an appeals court.