Handicapping the judges;
DC Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger
South Carolina US District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Anita Earls, a 61-year-old North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice
District Judge Wilhelmina “Mimi” Wright, a judge on Minnesota’s federal district court
Circuit Judge Eunice Lee, a former New York public defender whom Biden nominated to the Second Circuit
Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, an alumna of Chicago’s public defender’s office
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Top bolded are the shortlist of a shortlist. Top three have the best credentials with Jackson edging out because she's already been vetted and clerked for Breyer.