HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — In the coming months, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and their colleagues in the U.S. Senate will be choosing another justice for the Supreme Court.
Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement at the end of current term.
"The confirmation of a Supreme Court justice will fall into the United States Senate," Captio said.
Capito said she will take "careful consideration of President Biden's nominee and I look forward to it. Justice Breyer is a liberal judge, so I would imagine his replacement would follow that same philosophical orientation. I think we need justices that adhere to the Constitution, read the Constitution and go to the intent as Justice Breyer did. He may have had a different lens that maybe Justice Thomas or some of the others."
Meanwhile, Brown said he thinks he will choose "a mainstream respected jurist. I know that Mitch McConnell will want every Republican to vote no. When Mitch McConnell wants his members to vote no, they almost all vote no, but I think it will be overwhelming Democratic support because I think we will all be proud of the nominee."
Breyer had been the oldest person on the Supreme Court at 83. When he retires, Justice Clarence Thomas will be the oldest member of the court at 73.