The Senate authorized Decide Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Courtroom final week, however she isn’t but Justice Jackson. Justice Stephen Breyer gained’t retire till this summer season. So the place is the emptiness Decide Jackson was confirmed to fill?
The Justice Division claims there isn’t any drawback confirming nominees earlier than an precise emptiness. However that very same logic would allow the president to nominate slates of standby justices in case his occasion loses the Senate within the midterms.
