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Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal is turning up the heat on Supreme Court Justice #Sonia #Sotomayor to step down while Democrats can select her replacement.
Speaking with NBC’s Sahil Kapur for a story published Wednesday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) made a veiled reference to the late Justice #Ruth #Bader #Ginsburg
— who ignored calls to step down for years during former President Barack Obama’s tenure.
She passed away in 2020, with former President Donald Trump choosing her successor.
“I’m very respectful of Justice Sotomayor,” Blumenthal told NBC. “I have great admiration for her.
But I think she really has to weigh the competing factors. We should learn a lesson.
And it’s not like there’s any mystery here about what the lesson should be. The old saying
— graveyards are full of indispensable people, ourselves in this body included.”
The idea of the 69-year-old Sotomayor stepping down has gained momentum in recent days.
Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan made the argument for the justice to retire in a recent column for The Guardian.
“Wouldn’t a replacement for Sotomayor that Senator Joe Manchin has to approve be less progressive, and more centrist, than our sole Latina, super-progressive justice?” Hasan wrote.
“Perhaps. But, again, consider the alternative. Would we rather Biden replace Sotomayor with a centrist in 2024 … or Trump replace her with a far-right Federalist Society goon in 2025?”