Biden seeks Supreme Court nominee advice amid criticism over promise to name Black woman

President Joe Biden hosts meetings at the White House Tuesday as he considers who he will nominate to the Supreme Court after vowing to nominate the first Black woman.

President Joe Biden begins what he has said would be a bipartisan process to pick his Supreme Court nominee, hosting meetings at the White House on Tuesday amid Republican criticism of his vow to make history by move by picking the first Black woman to the bench.

Biden will meet with Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and the committee's top Republican Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Tuesday afternoon to consult with them on the nomination and confirmation process. The group is expected to speak to reporters as the meeting kicks off.

"I think I'll be courteous to the president and try to answer his questions," Grassley told reporters on the Hill earlier Tuesday morning. "I don't know what those questions are going to be, but I'm going to take the approach that we need somebody that's going to interpret the law and not make a law because that's Congress's job."

While some in the GOP have criticized Biden's campaign pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the court, arguing all nominees should be considered for their qualifications, Grassley said he wouldn't enter that debate until he sees the nominee.