Circuit is considered the second-highest court in the land and a feeder bench to the U.S. Supreme Court. Biden pledged during the campaign to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Biden also announced Tiffany Cunningham, a partner at Chicago-based Perkins Coie LLP, as a nominee to the Federal Circuit. Washington, D.C.-based partner at Zuckerman Spaeder, Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, is Biden's final circuit court appointment in this round. And the most high-profile appointment in the group ‒ Jackson ‒ was on progressive judicial group Demand Justice's 2019 list of suggested Supreme Court appointments for Democratic presidential candidates.

Source: Fox News March 30, 2021 11:05 UTC