J. MICHELLE CHILDS

With “Three Johns” aspiring to succeed McConnell, Republicans keep tabs on how their caucus splits on big votes.

Childs will be the only appointee of President Biden on the influential appeals court — but likely not for long.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of South Carolina jurist Michelle Childs to sit on the federal court typically seen as a proving ground for the nation’s highest bench.

In his first year, President Biden installed the highest number of federal judges in four decades, choosing nominees from diverse racial, gender and professional backgrounds.

"If we were in charge, she would not have been before this committee," said Graham, who voted to confirm her to the DC Circuit last year.

Sen. Lindsey Graham grilled SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on her faith, judicial record and stormed off during the hearing Tuesday.

Arabella Advisors has become an all-purpose villain for Republicans, but there’s no evidence to support his charge.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) fumed over progressive criticism of J. Michelle Childs, a district court nominee who was also a Supreme Court contender, and accused Democrats of holding a double standard against GOP nominees. Graham's remarks, which came near the start of the four-day hearing for President Biden's actual nominee for the court - Ketanji Brown Jackson - are the most extensive comments Graham has given on Jackson's nomination since...

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is winning praise from a key Senate Republican.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has begun courting senators on Capitol Hill, making her case for confirmation in private meetings as Democrats worked to move her nomination through the Senate within weeks.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has taken the first step toward confirmation in the Senate.

While the White House sought to portray a deliberative process, few in Washington expected the president to choose anyone other than the appellate court judge.

President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats say they are hoping for a bipartisan vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is an unequivocally well-qualified nominee for the Supreme Court. But if she is confirmed, the court’s conservative hammerlock will not change.

President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has launched what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process for the court’s first Black woman.

Eight months after he voted to confirm her appointment to the federal bench, Sen. Lindsey Graham called President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court a victory for the “radical Left.”

Why Biden picked her, how the vote more go, and the significance of the moment.

Graham voted to confirm Jackson to the DC Court of Appeals in June 2021, but he was pushing for Biden to nominate J. Michelle Childs.

Biden has selected his nominee for the high court and may announce it as soon as Friday

Americans are starkly divided by race on the importance of President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

President Biden has pledged to announce his Supreme Court nominee by the end of the month.

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMediaPresident Biden has begun interviewing candidates to succeed Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Judge Childs enjoys the support of Democrat powerbroker Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina. A 1992 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, Judge Childs was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama to serve as a United States District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina. “In law school, you learn early on that your reputation and credibility will follow you throughout your career,” Judge Childs said in an interview with her alma mater. And that person will be the first Black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court.”

He is expected to announce his nominee by the end of February.

President Joe Biden has interviewed at least three candidates for the Supreme Court.

As the president enters the final stages of his Supreme Court selection process, the White House has begun advising allies on how to push back against expected attacks.

As the president enters the final stages of his Supreme Court selection process, the White House has begun advising allies on how to push back against expected attacks.

The president previously said he has narrowed his list down to four choices. He is expected to announce a nominee by the end of February.

Just being the newest member of the Supreme Court can be a momentous adjustment for a justice.

The whispers and chatter about top contenders for the Supreme Court are growing as President Joe Biden zeroes in on a nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

Black Americans in the law profession worry about Biden's overt use of race as a prerequisite for a Supreme Court nomination at such a hyper-partisan time.

Clyburn has tremendous influence in the White House, and he has made clear he wants Biden to appoint U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs to the Supreme Court.

If President Joe Biden’s search for a nominee to the Supreme Court could be summed up by a Help Wanted ad it might read: “Seeking a well-respected liberal jurist.

With just 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans — with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote — no vote can be taken for granted.

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham predicted that if Biden were to nominate Supreme Court prospect Michelle Childs, she would garner more than 10 Republican votes.

President Joe Biden first zeroed in on a pair of finalists for his first U.S. Supreme Court pick when there were rumors last year that Justice Stephen Breyer would retire.

The president huddled with Senate Judiciary Democrats as his Supreme Court pick looms.

Black female lawmakers warn against pitting SCOTUS candidates against each other.

The nation's highest court has not been without a graduate of Harvard Law since 1881.

President Biden’s potential nomination of Judge J. Michelle Childs to the Supreme Court is giving him another opportunity to either try for a bipartisan victory or heed the wishes of the left of his party.

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.

President Joe Biden had Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over to the White House on Wednesday to talk about how to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court.

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.

“We know that when America’s boardrooms, legislatures, and even the Supreme Court start to resemble America, we all benefit,” Beatty stated. She earned two gubernatorial appointments to become the Deputy Director of the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (2000-02) and a Commissioner on the South Carolina Worker’s Compensation Commission (2002-06). Judge Childs then won election from the South Carolina General Assembly as an at-large Circuit Court Judge (2006-10). Others being considered include 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Holly A. Thomas, federal Circuit Court Judge Tiffany P. Cunningham, civil rights attorney, and 11th Circuit Court candidate Nancy G. Abudu, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Arianna J. Freeman, NYU law professor Melissa Murray, 7th Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, District Judge Wilhelmina “Mimi” Wright, North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, and 2nd Circuit Judge Eunice Lee. And that person will be the first Black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court.”

Critics are agitated and distressed by the audacity of such an intentional choice.

President Biden and Vice President Harris met with key senators in the Oval Office to discuss who could replace Justice Breyer after his retirement.

Biden reaffirmed his campaign vow to nominate a Black woman to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court and plans to announce his choice this month.

Many Republicans have criticized Biden for vowing to nominate a Black woman, despite President Ronald Reagan's similar pledge to name a woman to SCOTUS.

The White House says President Joe Biden will meet with Senate Judiciary Committee leaders on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court vacancy and the president’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the high court.

Graham praised judge J. Michelle Childs, who is among the names Biden is considering for the position created by Breyer's retirement.

Graham praised District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs, who is among the names Biden is considering for the position created by Breyer's retirement.

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.

President Joe Biden is nodding to his most stalwart supporters in promising to nominate a Black woman for the new vacancy on the Supreme Court.

President Biden is weighing his options for a nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who plans to retire this year. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has more on the impact of Breyer's retirement, and CBS News senior White House correspondent breaks down the opportunity it presents for the Biden administration.

Senate Democrats have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies.

President Biden has vowed to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court if a seat were to open up.

This is the largest number of confirmed judges since Reagan was president.

President Joe Biden is making two final nominations to the federal bench this year as he caps his first year in office with 40 judges confirmed.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a requirement that South Carolina residents voting by mail in November’s election get a witness to sign their ballots. While the high court reinstated the requirement as a lawsuit over it proceeds, voters have already started returning ballots. And a judge blocked the witness requirement before the state’s primary in June. As is typical when the Supreme Court acts on an emergency basis, the justices did not explain their decision. He said it wasn’t for a court to second-guess the lawmakers’ decision to retain the witness requirement during the pandemic.