U.S. President Joe Biden announced at the White House on the 25th that he nominated katangi Brown Jackson, a judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, as the chief justice of the Federal Supreme Court. If the nomination is approved by the Senate, Jackson will become the first African American female Supreme Court justice in the United States. American public opinion believes that Biden's move has multiple considerations, such as winning the support of African Americans and consolidating the liberal power of the Supreme Court justice. In addition, the war for the nomination of justices began in the mid-term election year, which is afraid to further intensify the party struggle and intensify the social tear. African American women The U.S. Supreme Court is the final appeal court of the U.S. judicial system. It has the power to review and overturn the decisions of lower courts. At the same time, it is also the final interpreter of the U.S. Constitution. The court has nine justices, including one chief justice. A justice may serve for life after taking office. In the 230 year history of the court, 115 people have served as justices, but not African American women. Biden announced Jackson's nomination decision in a speech at the White House on the 25th, calling on the Senate to approve it quickly. Jackson later said that if approved, she hopes her life and career can inspire future people. Jackson, 51, graduated from Harvard Law School and has been a judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia since June 2021. In her legal career, she also served as a district court judge for the District of Columbia, vice chairman of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, assistant federal public defender, etc. she also practiced in a law firm. After liberal justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement at the end of January this year, Jackson, who once served as Breyer's clerk, became a popular candidate for his successor. Some analysts believe that Jackson's legal concept is similar to Breyer's, and is favored and supported by the radical left-wing forces in the United States. One of Jackson's most famous decisions was made when she was a district court judge for the District of Columbia. In November 2019, she wrote in a ruling that the then US President trump could not generally use administrative privileges to prevent White House officials from accepting congressional investigation. The Enlightenment of the past 250 years of American history is that "the president is not a king". This was reported by various American media at that time. Multiple considerations Biden's nomination of Jackson as chief justice of the Federal Supreme Court is considered to have multiple considerations. The first is to win the support of African American voters. The United States will usher in the mid-term election in November this year, but Biden's ruling achievements are not good, and his democratic election is not optimistic. In the Democratic primary stage of the US presidential election in 2020, Biden once had a poor election, but he won the support of African American voters and reversed the initial decline by promising to ensure that African American women will serve as justices of the Federal Supreme Court after being elected. Charles Bullough, a columnist for the New York Times, believes that honouring the original promise will become a major achievement for Biden and help consolidate the Democratic Party's support among African American voters. The second is to consolidate the liberal forces in the Federal Supreme Court. During the presidency of trump, a Republican, three conservatives nominated by trump became justices of the Federal Supreme Court, changing the ratio of conservatives to liberals from 5 to 4 to 6 to 3. Liberals close to the Democratic Party's political views are not only not dominant in number, but also older, with an average of more than 70 years old. The average age of conservative justices is only 62, and the youngest is just 50. If Jackson can succeed Breyer, it will not change the pattern of conservatives and liberals in the Federal Supreme Court, but it will make the Liberals younger and stabilize the existing seats for at least a period of time. In addition, the threshold for the nomination of justices of the Federal Supreme Court to pass the Senate is a simple majority. Both parties currently hold 50 seats in the Senate. If the votes for and against are the same, vice president Harris, as the speaker of the Senate, can vote to break the draw. This means that even if no Republican Senator votes in favor, Democrats can pass the nomination, so Biden doesn't have to worry about nominating Jackson. Then lead to Party strife Due to the special status of the U.S. Supreme Court and the tenure of justices, the political tendency of justices has a great impact on American society. Especially this year, the Federal Supreme Court will consider and rule on cases involving abortion, affirmative action, guns and other hot social topics, and the importance of the selection of justices will become more prominent. The public opinion war surrounding Biden's nomination began a few weeks ago. The White House and Democrats focused on the historical significance of African American women becoming justices and the nominees being qualified for the position, while Republicans accused Biden of playing the "race card" as a kind of reverse discrimination. CNN article believes that the reaction of the two parties to Jackson's nomination reflects the background of the party struggle for the nomination of the Supreme Court justice. For a long time in the past, most of the nominations of justices were widely supported by both parties in the Senate vote. However, in recent years, due to the influence of political polarization, the nomination of justices has become an important battlefield of party struggle. The voting is basically strictly based on party lines, and American society is constantly torn apart in this struggle. Sonia Sotomayor, chief justice of the Federal Supreme Court, recently admitted that partisan differences may affect the American public's views on the independence and impartiality of the Federal Supreme Court. More and more politicians and the media have questioned the court, and many people even despise it. As some norms of the justice nomination process are broken, the political polarization in the United States may further intensify. (Xinhua News Agency)