Biden meets with Durbin, Grassley on court pick
By Brett Samuels - 02/01/22 03:42 PM EST
President Biden on Tuesday met with the two top senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss his upcoming Supreme Court nominee as the White House puts an emphasis on getting bipartisan input on Biden's eventual pick.
Biden was joined in the Oval Office by Vice President Harris and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
"The Constitution says 'advise and consent, advice and consent,' and I’m serious when I say I want the advice of the Senate as well as the consent we can arrive on who the nominee should be," Biden told reporters.
Biden, who has already pledged to nominate a Black woman to fill the seat of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, said he was looking for a candidate "with character, with qualities of a judge in terms of being courteous to the folks before them and treating people with respect, as well as a judicial philosophy that is more one that suggests that are unenumerated rights to the Constitution, and all the amendments mean something, including the Ninth Amendment."
Grassley told reporters after the meeting that he told Biden he was looking for a nominee "that's going to interpret law, not make law, checks and balances the government and a fair, and a fair and deliberative process."
Durbin told reporters at the Capitol that Biden is hoping to work with members of both parties, and the White House is hoping the eventual pick is confirmed roughly 40 days after the nomination is sent to the Senate.
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