Justice Kamala Harris? Possible but highly unlikely — here’s the breakdown

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s reported retirement this year set off a flurry of speculation on whom President Joe Biden could pick as a replacement, with many raising the possibility of Biden nominating his vice president, Kamala Harris.

Biden promised during his campaign that he would nominate a black woman to be on the Supreme Court. Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian descent, fits that requirement. And while she does not have experience as a judge, she was the attorney general of California and San Francisco’s district attorney.

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