This is the democrat's first real chance ofsubstlatic thisi the democrats first real crack at a supreme court appointment in over a decade. Whois on the short list? So biden has promised to name a black woman to the supreme court on his nominee, if she is confirmed,. will be the first african american woman ever to sit on the supreme court. A lot of people think it's going to be katangi brown jackson. His vice president has allotted green. No chance there. But no matter who he appoints, unless they turn out to be conservative hiding inside the shell - i just don't see that happening.