Despite pressure on Sotomayor, Supreme Court unlikely to change before Trump takes office
Despite pressure on Sotomayor, Supreme Court unlikely to change before Trump takes office
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic justice and at 70, is not the oldest member of the Supreme Court.
Summary
As Donald Trump prepares for a second term, progressive groups are concerned about Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s future on the Supreme Court.
Some activists hoped she would retire to allow President Biden to appoint a successor before Republicans take control of the Senate in January.
However, with Democrats’ narrow majority and opposition from Senator Joe Manchin, any replacement would face confirmation challenges.
Legal scholars and advocacy groups now view the window for Sotomayor’s retirement as closed and are focusing on confirming Biden’s remaining judicial nominees to lower federal courts before Republicans regain the Senate majority.
Well the good news for progressives is you'll likely see Thomas and maybe Alito retire during Trump's next term. The bad news is they'll be replaced by 35-year-old strict-constructionist Constitutional conservatives.
Yeah and if Sotomayer pulls a Ginsberg, suddenly Trump gets three picks, effectively forcing a radically right-wing court for at least the next 40 years.
The real tragedy of Trump being elected is that this effectively ends any chance of reforming the court. Gen Z will basically be in their 60s before there is any chance of balancing the court let alone swinging it left.
Not even constitutional conservatives... it'll be theocratic authoritarians...
That won’t matter when the newly Republican controlled Congress expands and packs SCOTUS a la Project 2025.
They won't be strict constructionists. The Heritage Foundation doesn't endorse strict constructionists. They endorse whatever the hell supports their individual needs of the individual moments. They have no guiding principles or morals.
"and opposition from Senator Joe Manchin"
The most repeated phrase ever. At least that piece of shit will be gone, but now an actual Republican took his place.
I'm ultimately glad, he was giving democrats a bad name. We could afford that a decade ago, but we no longer can.
There's a mild reshuffling of the parties happening, with the Tulsi Gabbards switching to red and the Adam Kinzingers switching to blue, and I'm fine with it. It's about priorities. Which parts of your platform and beliefs are more important than the other parts?
Wonder who the new Manchin is gonna be.
Somewhere out there is a chart showing how often a Congressman votes with their party. Manchin and Sinema were at the bottom, but they're both leaving, so I don't know.
In my opinion, I don't think we'll have one. The Republicans will have a majority in both houses, so there's no need for a controlled opposition.
If they need someone to cross the aisle for theater, it'll probably be Susan Collins.
Biden should expand the god damned court
Dude sat on his ass for 4 years and did next to nothing. You think he'll do anything now?
If he expanded the court now Republicans would just block his judicial appointments until he's out of office.
There’s no point now. Anything they try to do will be blocked and be labeled lame duck president bullshit. It sucks but it’s reality. No point in trying to shake things up now. We can only pray the liberal judges stay alive until 2029
And that there are any more elections
Hahaha AS IF. The right can stonewall and delay confirmation for 2 months without blinking an eye. Can probably do it in their sleep
They just have to be confirmed by the majority of the Senate. If every Democrat goes to confirm, there is nothing Republicans can do.
It'd have to be one hell of a nominee to get through the process before Chirstmas break.
Coney Barrett was confirmed in 39 days. If the whole caucus was on board it could definitely be done, but Sinema would probably sell us out.
I think she can make it another four years. Ginsberg actively had cancer when she refused to resign. I think there's a difference here, and she's easily the best member of the court on pretty much every issue.
It'd be an absolutely stupid thing to even attempt. And Lord knows we need her right where she is. Hang on honey.
That institution is rotten to the core. No amount of this is going to fix it.