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President Biden stands by commitment to nominate Black woman to the Supreme Court, White House says



The White House signaled Wednesday that President Joe Biden remains committed to nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court after a well-placed source familiar with the matter said that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire.

"The President has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court and certainly stands by that," White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters during the White House press briefing.

Psaki had no additional details or statement about the news of Breyer's retirement.
Earlier Wednesday, the President similarly declined to weigh in on the news of Breyer's retirement from the court.

"Every justice has the right to decide what he or she is going to do, and announce that on their own," Biden said. "There's been no announcement from Justice Breyer. Let him make whatever statement he is going to make, and I'll be happy to talk about it later."

Breyer will be leaving the high court after two decades on the bench, and Biden's pick to replace him is expected be a younger, fellow liberal who could serve on the court for decades. It'll be the President's first chance to nominate someone to the high court.

Breyer informed Biden of his decision to retire last week.

Biden had said throughout his 2020 presidential campaign that he was committed to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court if elected.

"I (have) committed that, if I'm elected as president and have the opportunity to appoint someone to the courts, I'll appoint the first Black woman to the court. It's required that they have representation now — it's long overdue," Biden said in March 2020.

A short list of potential nominees had been circulating Washington well before Breyer's retirement plans became public, and officials in the White House Counsel's Office built files on various candidates in anticipation of a potential vacancy.

Names on the list include: DC Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, South Carolina US District Judge J. Michelle Childs, North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Anita Earls, Minnesota US District Judge Wilhelmina "Mimi" Wright, Circuit Judge Eunice Lee, Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi and Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights attorney who recently announced plans to step down from her role as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

On Wednesday, Psaki declined to comment on rumors that Vice President Kamala Harris could be considered for a Supreme Court vacancy. However, she reiterated that the President has every intention on "running for reelection with Vice President Harris on the ticket as his partner."

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President Biden stands by commitment to nominate Black woman to the Supreme Court, White House says



The White House signaled Wednesday that President Joe Biden remains committed to nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court after a well-placed source familiar with the matter said that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire.

"The President has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court and certainly stands by that," White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters during the White House press briefing.

Psaki had no additional details or statement about the news of Breyer's retirement.
Earlier Wednesday, the President similarly declined to weigh in on the news of Breyer's retirement from the court.

"Every justice has the right to decide what he or she is going to do, and announce that on their own," Biden said. "There's been no announcement from Justice Breyer. Let him make whatever statement he is going to make, and I'll be happy to talk about it later."

Breyer will be leaving the high court after two decades on the bench, and Biden's pick to replace him is expected be a younger, fellow liberal who could serve on the court for decades. It'll be the President's first chance to nominate someone to the high court.

Breyer informed Biden of his decision to retire last week.

Biden had said throughout his 2020 presidential campaign that he was committed to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court if elected.

"I (have) committed that, if I'm elected as president and have the opportunity to appoint someone to the courts, I'll appoint the first Black woman to the court. It's required that they have representation now — it's long overdue," Biden said in March 2020.

A short list of potential nominees had been circulating Washington well before Breyer's retirement plans became public, and officials in the White House Counsel's Office built files on various candidates in anticipation of a potential vacancy.

Names on the list include: DC Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, South Carolina US District Judge J. Michelle Childs, North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Anita Earls, Minnesota US District Judge Wilhelmina "Mimi" Wright, Circuit Judge Eunice Lee, Circuit Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi and Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights attorney who recently announced plans to step down from her role as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

On Wednesday, Psaki declined to comment on rumors that Vice President Kamala Harris could be considered for a Supreme Court vacancy. However, she reiterated that the President has every intention on "running for reelection with Vice President Harris on the ticket as his partner."

In bidens cabinet you do not have to be good or know what you are doing. You just have to be the right color or gender.

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US GDP grew at a 6.9% pace to close out 2021, stronger than expected despite omicron spread

• Gross domestic product accelerated at a 6.9% annualized pace in the fourth quarter, well ahead of the 5.5% estimate.
• Consumer activity and business spending led the gains, which propelled the U.S. economy to its strongest full year since 1984.
• Jobless claims remained elevated at 260,000 while orders for long-lasting goods hit their lowest point since April 2020, signaling an end-of-year slowdown.

The U.S. economy grew at a much better than expected pace to end 2021 from sizeable boosts in inventories and consumer spending and despite signs that though the acceleration likely tailed off towards the end of the year.

Gross domestic product, the sum of all goods and services produced during the October-through-December period, increased at a 6.9% annualized pace, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a gain of 5.5%.

The increase was well above the unrevised 2.3% growth in the third quarter and came despite a surge in omicron cases that likely slowed hiring and output as businesses dealt with large numbers of sick workers.

Gains came from increases in private inventory investment, strong consumer activity as reflected in personal consumption expenditures, exports and business spending as measured by nonresidential fixed investment.

Across-the-board decreases in the pace of government spending subtracted from GDP, as did imports, which are measured as a drag on output.

The quarter brought an end to a 2021 that saw a 5.7% increase in annualized GDP, the strongest pace since 1984 as the U.S. tried to pull away from the unprecedented drop in activity during the early days of the Covid pandemic.

Markets reacted positive to the news, with stock futures posting gains while government bond yields were mixed.

In other economic news Thursday, jobless claims totaled 260,000 for the week ended Jan. 22, slightly less than the 265,000 estimate and a decline of 30,000 from the previous week.

Also, orders for long-lasting goods declined 0.9% for December, worse than the estimate for a 0.6% drop. Orders for durables hit their lowest point since April 2020, reflecting an end-of-year slowdown as omicron cases skyrocketed. The decline was driven largely by a 3.9% slump in transportation orders.
The GDP report, though, reflected an overall solid period for the economy after output had slowed considerably over the summer. Supply chain issues tied to the pandemic coupled with robust demand spurred by unprecedented stimulus from Congress and the Federal Reserve led to imbalances across the economic spectrum.

Consumer activity, which accounts for more than two-thirds of GDP, rose 3.3% for the quarter. Gross private domestic investment, a gauge of business spending and inventory build, soared 32%.

Inventories added 4.9 percentage points to the headline growth, boosted in particular by motor vehicle dealers, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said.

Impact on policy

Economic growth came as inflation surged in 2021, particularly in the second half of the year, as supply couldn’t keep up with strong demand, particularly for goods over services.

The U.S. heads into 2022 on uncertain footing, with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warning Wednesday that growth in the early part of the year is slowing, though he views the economy overall as strong.

To that measure, the Fed telegraphed a March interest rate hike, the first since 2018. Central bankers also expect to end their monthly asset purchases the same month and to start unwinding their bond holdings shortly after.

Those tightening moves come in response to inflation running at its highest pace in nearly 40 years. Data on the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption expenditures price index, will be released Friday morning.

The fourth-quarter data reflected those price pressures as well, with the price index for gross domestic purchases up 6.9% in the fourth quarter and 3.9% for the full year. The Fed considers 2% a health level for inflation, though a new policy approach adopted in 2020 allows for higher levels over a short period of time in the interest of generating full employment.

Powell said Wednesday that Fed officials believe they have largely achieved both ends of their employment/inflation mandate and are ready to start raising rates and otherwise tightening monetary policy.

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In bidens cabinet you do not have to be good or know what you are doing. You just have to be the right color or gender.

... any proof of that or are you just blowing hot air?

[BillyCarpenter]

... any proof of that or are you just blowing hot air?

How about the fact that Joe made a campaign promise to nominate a black woman to the court? He ruled out every other race and the opposite sex. Doesn't that just scream equality? lol