Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has no intention of following the lead of disaffected liberals.
Since then last yearProgressives are demanding that Sotomayor, 70,: needs She is retiring from the Supreme Court so President Joe Biden can nominate a young liberal justice to replace her. Democrats are angry about the current composition of the court, which includes six conservative justices and three liberal justices, and are worried about a situation like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, where a liberal justice dies while on the court but does not retire. , are concerned that Republican presidents will be able to nominate judges. Conservative justice replaces liberal justice.
“She just turned 70, but she takes better care of herself than anyone I know.”
Last week, calls for Mayor Soto to retire took on new life following Donald Trump's landslide victory.
'Hair on fire' moment for Democrats, Politico reported. In addition to demands from progressives on social media, Senate Democrats are engaged in discussions about how to force the outside mayor into retirement before Biden's presidential term ends and he is sworn in in the next Congress. “Actively participating.” According to Politico.
Democrats are keen for Mayor Outside to retire, said Bakari Sellers, a former Democratic state lawmaker turned liberal commentator. Even the possibility came to mind The plan is to remove her from office and replace her with Vice President Kamala Harris.
However, Sotomayor reportedly has no plans to retire.
Over the weekend, wall street journal, ABC Newsand CNN Both sources close to Sotomayor said the Supreme Court's most liberal justice would not retire.
“She is in good health and the court needs her now more than ever,” one of the sources told CNN.
A source close to the judge told the Wall Street Journal: “This is not the time to lose her important voice in the courtroom. I value that,” he said.
In January, Sotomayor made headlines when she admitted she was living in “frustration” after the Supreme Court handed down a decision she disagreed with and said “every loss” left her “traumatized.” Decorated.[d]” She followed up those remarks with By admitting that in May She sometimes cries after court decisions.
“There were days when I came to the office after the case was announced, closed the door, and cried,” she said.
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