Justice Sotomayor Refuses to Cave to Pressure for Resignation

Joe Biden and Democrats now have less than two months controlling the White House and the Senate.

Justice Sotomayor is the oldest liberal justice on the bench, and there is significant pressure for her to resign her post to allow Biden to appoint a new justice before Trump takes office.

That, however, is not going to happen, and some progressives are livid.

Resign Now!

At 70 years old, Sotomayor is the third oldest behind Justices Thomas and Alito, who are 76 and 74 respectively.

I would bet just about anything that Justice Thomas will retire during the first two years, and if it looks like the Dems will take back the Senate in 2026, Alito will also retire. Otherwise, I believe Alito would wait until the end of Trump’s term to retire.

There is no way these two will allow liberals to take their seats on the bench.

Chief Justice Roberts is also 69, but I think he will ride it out, waiting until the next presidency before retiring.

Something in my belly tells me that he would actually like to see his seat turned over to a liberal to have the court more even.

That leaves us with Sotomayor, who, if something happens to her during Trump’s term, would be replaced with a conservative during Trump’s first two years.

If Dems take back the Senate during Trump’s last two years, they would likely block any selection until the 2028 election was finalized, using the same reasoning that Senator McConnell (R-KY) used to block Obama before the 2016 election.

Sotomayor resists the push to step down, saying that she wants to stay on the bench and “keep on fighting.”

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is backing her play, saying that he doesn’t “think it’s sensible” for her to step down, but he is just about alone in that thinking.

In my opinion, Sotomayor is activist with a robe, but as bad as she is, I can only imagine what Biden that whoever Biden would put in her place will be far worse in this political environment.

But rest assured, her legacy will be crushed if something happens to her during Trump’s time in office and Republicans are able to replace her with a conservative.

If they turned on RBG, just imagine what they would do to Sotomayor.