Democrats push for Sotomayor to retire so Biden can replace her before he loses to Trump (Clarence Thomas, legal)
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A presidential election is looming. Control of the Senate is uncertain. The window may be closing for the Democratic Party to replace the oldest Supreme Court justice nominated by a Democratic president.
Paul Campos, a law professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, remembers how this story went last time, and he’s begging for a different ending.
“Sotomayor has been an outstanding justice,” he said. “But the Ruth Bader Ginsburg precedent ought to be extremely sobering. … The cost of her failing to be replaced by a Democratic president with a Democratic Senate would be catastrophic.”
She has significant health issues, including diabetes, and has to have a personal medic with her/in attendance to perform her SCOTUS duties. The left fears Trump will get elected and she'll pass away during his term.
Yep that huff post blogger is living in a fantasyland, and even admits it somewhat...
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Although she took the unusual step of traveling with a medic in 2018 ― a precaution possibly related to her Type 1 diabetes ― it’s not clear whether she was dealing with a serious health concern.
And the fact that she is younger than Justices Clarence Thomas, 75, and Samuel Alito, who is about to turn 74 ― two conservatives who, naturally, face no political pressure to retire under Biden ― breeds resentment around calls for her to step down while they remain.
“Sotomayor is probably thinking, ‘I can outlive a Trump presidency,’” Powe said.
She may also be sensitive to the perception that she is timing her retirement for partisan purposes, he added. She and Barrett are in the midst of a publicity tour to promote the concept of civility.
Republicans would probably do the same if tables were turned.
Why not.
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his others were literally perfect choices.