Women’s groups support limiting Supreme Court candidate pool

After news broke of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement, the National Organization for Women released a statement: “NOW will hold [President Joe Biden] to his promise to appoint a Black woman to SCOTUS, and ensure that she will hold intersectional feminist values.”

Biden tweeted to confirm that he will limit the pool of candidates he considers for the Supreme Court, saying, “The person I nominate to replace Justice Breyer will be someone with extraordinary qualifications. Character, experience, and integrity. And they will be the first Black woman nominated to the United States Supreme Court.”