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Polybius

(18,605 posts) Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:45 PM Nov 8

Source: Yahoo! News

The Democratic Party is secretly fighting over whether to try and force out Justice Sonia Sotomayor to avoid the specter of Donald Trump sending the U.S. Supreme Court further to the right.

Senators are reportedly at odds over whether to put pressure on Sotomayor—the first Latina justice—to step down while Democrats still have the power to usher in her replacement.

Although she is only 70, Sotomayor suffers from Type 1 diabetes and is the oldest of the three remaining Democratic Party-appointed justices.

There is no suggestion that she has any intention of walking off into the sunset of her own volition.

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Dems at War Over Secret SCOTUS Plot to Oust Sotomayor [View all] Polybius Nov 8 OP

No, that will never happen in time, and that would Meadowoak Nov 8 #1

Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed 39 days after Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Jose Garcia Nov 8 #10

different rules for MAGA. Meadowoak Nov 8 #12

It could be done if Sotomayor wanted to do it Jose Garcia Nov 8 #14

It ain't fair Mike_in_LA Nov 8 #2

Oh my gosh. Wow! Great way to get Hispanics back in the fold. jimfields33 Nov 8 #3

Sotomayor's health is actually quite fragile Fiendish Thingy Nov 8 #9

Replace her with a Latino PhilosopherKing Nov 8 #15

Great. Then Trump will appoint her replacement. Kid Berwyn Nov 8 #5

Dems in disarray !!1! dweller Nov 8 #6

Bingo. This is just more propaganda. yardwork Nov 8 #7

Which means it won't happen. TomSlick Nov 8 #11

And stay alive as long as possible. Nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 8 #13

May it please God. TomSlick Nov 8 #21

One or both would be happy to engage in one more rat fuck. Nt. Voltaire2 Nov 8 #18

We've only got 51 Senators Polybius Nov 8 #20

You're right, of course, we haven't shot all our feet yet. jaxexpat Nov 9 #24

I feel like Trump is going to have 3 more appointments. Calista241 Nov 8 #19

... Prairie Gates Nov 8 #22

No, she's a good justice and needs to stay. iemanja Nov 8 #23

Replace her with Kamala Harris marshall Nov 9 #25

No way Manchin and Sinema sign off on that madville Nov 9 #26

I believe that she will stay. totodeinhere Nov 9 #27