President Biden’s likely top 2 Supreme Court contenders:
1. DC Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (51):
Harvard; Harvard Law; clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer; DC federal trial judge (2013-21); elevated to DC Circuit a year ago; legal analysis like Justice Sonia Sotomayor
2. California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger (45):
Harvard; Yale Law; clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens; a former top Supreme Court counsel to President Obama; appointed to her court in 2015; reportedly declined to be Biden’s SG; legal analysis like Justice Elena Kagan
1. Yes, “the science changed”: Omicron is a (much) weaker variant than Delta.
2. Yes, 100% COVID theater.
(I also said all Justices are vaccinated and boosted, they all test before court arguments, so do advocates, and 2 Justices took off their masks after their masked entry.)