Back in 2013, then President BARACK OBAMA quietly met with Supreme Court Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG to subtly encourage her to retire before Republicans flipped the Senate. She didn’t, and the GOP went on to control the chamber for the following six years.
Now in 2023, the conversation is starting all over again with 68-year-old Justice SONIA #SOTOMAYOR with a few think pieces and podcast episodes urging her ( and sometimes fellow Justice ELENA #KAGAN ) to step down, and for the White House to nudge them in that direction.