Following news that Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer would be retiring circulating yesterday, Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mazie Hirono told MSNBC in an interview that she would like to see a new Justice that would make their decisions not just based on laws, but would consider the impact of said rulings on the country.
"What I’m looking for is a justice who can be fair and impartial and who does not have an ideological axe to grind, which is what we saw — as far as I’m concerned — in President Trump’s nominees, including to the Supreme Court," Hirono said on Wednesday’s episode of The Beat with with Ari Melber.
"So, yes, I am expecting a fight, but there you have it," she continued.
"And I’m looking for someone who’s going to be, not only highly qualified, as all of the people that you already talked about are, but who really brings to the judiciary the kind of diversity that I’d like, that — someone who will consider the impact, the effects of whatever decision-making is on people in our country so that they are not making decisions just based on — which I would like them to base it on law, which would be nice and precedent and who are not eagerly trying to get rid of decades of precedent that would protect a woman’s right to choose, for example, and voting rights, etc," she said.
"But I’d like a justice who also will take into consideration the real-life impact of the decisions he or she will be making," she concluded.
On Thursday, Justice Breyer officially announced that he would be retiring, after news began circulating regarding the move on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden has vowed to place a black woman in his seat, saying in a Thursday speech: "While I've been studying candidates backgrounds and writings, I've made no decision except one: person I will nominate will be some of the extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity."
"And that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court. It's long overdue in my view. I made that commitment during the campaign for president," Biden continued.
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