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For high court nominees ‘When’s your birthday?’ matters

FILE - Judge J. Michelle Childs, who was nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court, listens during her nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 16, 2010. Childs is among the group of Black women, both judges and lawyers, whose names are being floated as a possible replacement for retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) FILE - Leondra Kruger, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, poses for photos in San Francisco, Feb. 3, 2022. Kruger is among the group of Black women, both judges and lawyers, whose names are being floated as a possible replacement for retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) FILE - Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 28, 2021. Jackson is among the women considered top prospects to replace retiring justice Stephen Breyer and fulfill a campaign pledge Biden made to nominate the first Black woman to the court. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File) Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement gives President Joe Biden the opportunity to appoint a young justice who could spend decades on the bench. (AP Graphic)