Looks like the Democrat plotters are running out of time - especially if the GOP senators decide to drag their feet during in the hearings.
Posted on 11/08/2024 9:54:17 AM PST by Red Badger
Having spectacularly failed to get one woman elected to a top job, the Democratic Party is at odds over whether to push another woman out.
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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.
But party leaders are terrified of a repeat of the 2020 debacle when Ruth Bader Ginsburg died during the first Trump presidency after resisting overtures to step down when an Obama administration could offer a like-for-like ideological replacement. Instead, Trump’s choice of Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett sent the court lurching further to the right.
With just two months until the Democratic majority in the Senate gives way to the Republicans, it would be a tall order—and some say impossible—for Sotomayor’s successor to be nominated and confirmed.
But, according to Politico’s Playbook, “it’s a conversation members of the Senate are actively involved in.”
The chief obstacles are the timeline and the lack of senators prepared to put their heads above the parapet and suggest Sotomayor should step aside for the sake of the movement.
“What happens if she resigns and the nominee to replace her isn’t confirmed and the next president fills the vacancy?” an unnamed Democratic senator told Playbook.
“We would have to have assurances from any shaky senator that they would back a nominee in the lame duck, because what do you do if she announces she’s going to step down and then [independent West Virginia Sen. Joe] Manchin doesn’t support her and then [Republican Sens.] Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski back off and say they’re not going to support a new nominee? Do you just rescind that letter?” asked a senior Democrat.
Playbook reported that a possible replacement has been earmarked in Washington D.C. Circuit Judge J. Michelle Childs, who has already been vetted and is seen as a moderate by some Republican senators, offering her a better chance of confirmation.
Attempts among party activists last year to initiate the move were met, said Playbook, by accusations of “ableism” and “racism.”
“How dare they suggest pushing the first Latina justice—a solid progressive vote—off the bench?” was the response, said the report.
“I wish it were different, but I think that Democrats need to do a better job of holding on to the fear that they now feel the next time they are in a position of power, because we can’t shut down those conversations,” Molly Coleman, executive director of the People’s Parity Project, told Playbook. “Democrats are not going to win elections forever. They’re not going to be able to nominate Supreme Court justices indefinitely. They need to act when they have power.”
The Democrats sure do love their coups.
Anyway, if Sotomayor is forced out do the Democrats have another “Wise Latina” primed and ready to go? The article doesn’t say.
Didn't we hear the same thing about Merrick Garland?
Demented Dems have no problem destroying innocent babies. They will sacrifice one of their vaunted holy estrogen’s like unwise Latina for the power grab agenda. Let’s fit her with a red colored robe instead of a black one, LOL.
What indeed? What if any Republican Senators who say they'll play ball are lying to suck the Dems in? The Dems have to consider that other people might be just as dishonest and treacherous as they are.
Don’t know what they’re worried about. Trump’s SCOTUS nominees have not been overly conservative. If he replaces Thomas, however, I would hope it would be someone as strong as him.
“Democracy” at work. F all ‘RATS!
I don’t think they could even settle their internal disputes over which “marginalized group” would be represented by their new nominee in the time that is left.
The 5 Families at their strongest and most vicious had nothing on the dem party.
Pelosi’s father was a mafioso so that part makes sense.
They will shoot their “friends” in the back if they become a problem as fast or faster than gangsters would kill one of their own.
A true crime family
The 5 Families at their strongest and most vicious had nothing on the dem party.
Pelosi’s father was a mafioso so that part makes sense.
They will shoot their “friends” in the back if they become a problem as fast or faster than gangsters would kill one of their own.
A true crime family
Be that as it may, diabetes takes a real toll on the human body, particularly the circulatory system.
The average life expectancy for women with type 1 is 68 years.
I’m presuming that all depends on how well you manage it and how much damage you allow it to do to your body.
Hell, I believe the Democrats would want to replace any of the SCOTUS Judges they think may not last through 4 years of Trump being able to do that.
“The Democrats sure do love their coups.”
Sniff…sniff
The 2024 Democrats reek of desperation.
True, but when I was growing up, as with her since she’s about my age, it wasn’t so great.
By the time they got to this exceptional ability to manage type 1, many years of damage have been done.
I had a cousin who was type 1.
Her had many health issues and died about 40 or thereabouts.
People with Type 1 diabetes can live long, healthy lives with proper management and care. Advances in medical treatments, such as insulin therapy, continuous glucose monitoring, and lifestyle adjustments, have significantly improved life expectancy.
While life expectancy can vary based on individual health factors and how well the condition is managed, many people with Type 1 diabetes live into their 70s and beyond. Regular check-ups, maintaining a healthy diet, staying active, and monitoring blood sugar levels are crucial for managing the condition effectively.
Looks like the Democrat plotters are running out of time - especially if the GOP senators decide to drag their feet during in the hearings.
Sure they do, they have one, who can play a Jamaican, on queue, who also has recently been unburdened with any future employment.
Not only that, she’s a bleeping genius! She can plagiarize great works in minutes.
How loud would the cries of ageism be if the Republicans made some suggestions like this?
She is no more incompetent at 70 than she was at a younger age.
Wouldn't it be great if the Democrats forced her to resign and then the confirmation process gets delayed until the new Senate is in session?
Barrett was nominated in September, so the Senate would have had 3+ months to confirm her if needed. Too late now to get it done, with the holidays coming up.
Isn't the idea of the Supreme Court to apply the Constitution, not to legislate from the bench?
Its not so “secret” now I guess.
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