If Kamala Harris Wins, A Supreme Court Pick Isn’t Likely. Biden Wants To Change That

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and his Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson and Vice President Kamala Harris just before the investiture ceremony for Jackson on September 30, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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To emphasize the importance of an election, presidential candidates often predict that the next president will have an opportunity to fill one or two vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court.

But in the case of a hypothetical President Kamala Harris, this may not be true.