在此之前，他承诺打算在本月底之前向最高法院提名他的候选人，并坚持他的承诺，命名法院的第一个黑人女性美国总统乔·拜登向参议院民主党人表示，他将开始面试未来的总统候选人即将出现的空缺下周，据两位直接了解会议的消息人士透露。
周四，参议院司法委员会主席迪克·德宾与拜登在白宫会面。，表示他们都“急于开始”这一进程，并证实拜登将“很快与提名人会面”民主党参议员谢尔登·怀特豪斯(Sheldon Whitehouse)补充说，他们“意识到了这一任命的历史性”，康涅狄格州参议员理查德·布卢门塔尔(Richard Blumenthal)表示，拜登提名的任何人都将使共和党人“别无选择”，只能支持她的提名。
布卢门撒尔说:“我从这次谈话中走出来，比以往任何时候都更加期待两党的支持，因为我认为总统将提名一个具有如此引人注目的个人故事、性格和智力的人，共和党人实际上别无选择，只能在一定程度上支持她。
根据白宫的读数，拜登和哈里斯还告诉参议院民主党人，有“大量非常合格的潜在提名者正在考虑中”，接受审查的“任何候选人”都“值得两党支持。”
在一个采访随着美国全国广播公司(NBC)的莱斯特·赫特周四被录音，拜登表示，他对“大约四个人”进行了“深入调查”，这些人已经接受了“彻底的背景调查”，因为他一直在关注在法官席上复制斯蒂芬·布雷耶法官的品质。
拜登说:“我不想在这里做出意识形态的选择。“我正在寻找一个人来取代布雷耶法官，以布雷耶法官曾经拥有的那种能力，以开放的心态，理解宪法，以符合宪法主流解释的方式解释宪法。”
法院观察人士预计，受到最密切考虑的人包括华盛顿美国上诉法院的凯坦吉·布朗·杰克逊法官、加州最高法院的利昂德拉·克鲁格法官和南卡罗来纳州美国地方法院的米歇尔·查尔兹法官。
拜登告诉霍尔特，候选人“非常合格，并且有文件证明”。他们是荣誉学生，来自他们有经验的最好的大学，有些是坐冷板凳的，有些是从事法律实践的。”
白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基周五证实，拜登“没有计划”在周末与任何潜在的提名者在戴维营会面，但候选人可能“最快下周”抵达白宫
她周二表示，总统一直在审查潜在人选撰写的“案例汇编”。
“当他考虑这个过程时，他正在接待和接触一系列的人。我还要指出的是，当他在查看流程时，他不仅在查看bios，还在查看案例。他正在看一叠叠的箱子，”普萨基说。“他对此采取了非常彻底的方法。”
一旦拜登提名他的提名人，她将前往参议院司法委员会进行公开听证。如果得到委员会的确认，她的提名将在参议院获得全院投票。
尽管哈里斯作为副总统和参议院议长，可能会成为拜登选择的决定性一票，因为确认最高法院提名人需要51票——但参议院中没有一名黑人女性投票确认第一位被提名进入高等法院的黑人女性。
由众议员柯里·布什领导的众议院14名黑人女议员寄了一封信周四上午向拜登概述了他们正在寻找的东西——在公开推动一名黑人女性而不是另一名黑人女性是否合适的问题上，国会黑人核心小组内部存在分歧。
布什对美国广播公司新闻部国会记者雷切尔·斯科特说:“我只是不认为这是我们让黑人女性与试图获得这个位置的人竞争的地方。
布什的言论标志着他与国会中级别最高的黑人众议员吉姆·克莱伯恩(Jim Clyburn)的明显决裂，后者发起了一场积极的运动，说服总统提名南卡罗来纳州的查尔兹。如果被选中，查尔兹已经至少有一张共和党选票。
“如果发生这种情况，那将是因为吉姆·克莱伯恩在民主党世界的权力。我想我可以让我的一些共和党同事跟随我的脚步，如果球场上的第一位非裔美国女性是南卡罗来纳州人，那岂不是了不起，”南卡罗来纳州的共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆告诉记者领土本周早些时候。
拜登上周会见了杜宾和参议院司法委员会的最高共和党人、爱荷华州参议员查克·格拉斯利，因为总统接近自己为历史性的最高法院选择设定的最后期限。
在正式宣布布雷耶退休时，拜登表示，他正在寻找一位“有个性”的候选人，以及一种“表明宪法中存在未被穷尽的权利，所有修正案都有意义的司法理念，包括第九修正案”，该修正案指出，“某些权利，不得被解释为否认或贬低人民保留的其他权利。”
Biden indicates he will start interviewing Supreme Court candidates next week
Ahead of his promised intent to name his nominee to the Supreme Court by the end of the month, and sticking to his pledge to name thecourt's first Black woman, President Joe Biden has indicated to Senate Democrats he will start interviewing prospective candidates for theupcoming vacancynext week, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the meeting.
Emerging from a White House meeting with Biden on Thursday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said they are all "anxious to get started" with the process and confirmed that Biden would be "going to take up a meeting with the nominees soon." Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., added they're "aware of the historic nature of this appointment," and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said that whomever Biden names will give Republicans "no choice" but to support her nomination.
"I came away from this conversation looking forward more than ever, to bipartisan support because I think the president will nominate someone of such compelling personal story, of character and intellect that Republicans will have no choice in effect, but to support her in some number," Blumenthal said.
Biden and Harris also told the Senate Democrats, according to a White House readout, that there are a "wealth of extraordinarily qualified potential nominees under consideration" and that "any of the candidates" under review would be "deserving of bipartisan support."
In aninterviewwith NBC's Lester Holt taped Thursday, Biden said he's done a "deep dive" on "about four people" who have already seen "thorough background checks" as he keeps an eye on replicating the qualities of Justice Stephen Breyer on the bench.
"I'm not looking to make an ideological choice here," Biden said. "I'm looking for someone to replace Judge Breyer with the same kind of capacity Judge Breyer had, with an open mind, who understands the Constitution, interprets it in a way that is consistent with the mainstream interpretation of the Constitution."
Court watchers expect those under closest consideration include Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, Judge Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court and Judge J. Michelle Childs of the U.S. District Court in South Carolina.
Biden told Holt the candidates are "incredibly well qualified and documented. They are the honor students that come from the best universities they have experience, some on the bench, some in the practice of law."
White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Friday there are "not plans" for Biden to meet with any of the potential nominees at Camp David over the weekend, but that candidates could arrive at the White House "as soon as next week."
She said on Tuesday that the president has been reviewing "binders of cases" authored by the potential picks.
"He is receiving and engaging with a range of people as he considers this process. I would note also that as he's looking at the process, he's reviewing not just bios, but he's also reviewing cases. And he is looking at binders of cases," Psaki said. "He's taking a very thorough approach to it."
Once Bidennames his nominee, she will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee for public hearings. If confirmed out of the committee, her nomination will see a full floor vote in the Senate.
While Harris, as vice president and president of the Senate, could potentially serve as a tie-breaking vote to Biden's pick since 51 votes are needed to confirm Supreme Court nominees -- there is not a single Black woman in the Senate to vote to confirm the first Black woman nominated to the high court.
A group of 14 Black female lawmakers in the House led by Rep. Cori Bushsent a letterto Biden Thursday morning outlining what they are looking for – and there's a split within the Congressional Black Caucus as to whether it's appropriate to publicly push for one Black woman over another.
"I just don't think it's our place to pit Black women against each other who are trying to get this spot," Bush told ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott.
Bush's comments mark a clear break from the highest-ranking Black member of the Congress, Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., who has launched an aggressive campaign to persuade the president to nominate Childs of South Carolina. Childs already has at least one Republican vote if picked.
"If this happens, it will be because of the power of Jim Clyburn in the Democratic world. I think I can get some of my Republican colleagues to follow my lead, and wouldn't it be something if the first African-American woman on the court was a South Carolinian," Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina toldWYFFearlier this week.
Biden met last week with Durbin and the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, as the president nears his own self-imposed deadline for the historic Supreme Court pick.
At the formal announcement of Breyer's retirement, Biden said he was seeking a candidate "with character" and a judicial philosophy that "suggests that there are unenumerated rights to the Constitution and all the amendments mean something, including the Ninth Amendment," which states that "certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
