Posted on 02/26/2024 1:21:06 PM PST by Rummyfan
You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who believes that Joe Biden will win the 2024 presidential election. Few expected him to seek reelection in the first place, and polls are rife with indicators that Biden's candidacy is doomed. This puts Democrats in a major pickle because whoever serves as president for the next four years is likely to get at least two Supreme Court nominations — potentially three.
The oldest justices on the court are Clarence Thomas, 74, Samuel Alito, 72, and Sonia Sotomayor, 68, and it's reasonable to expect any, if not all, of them to consider retirement over the next four years. This concern underscores the potential impact of the next presidential term on the composition of the highest court in the land and why Democrats want Sonia Sotomayor to retire while Biden is still in office.
Sotomayor hasn't been on the court very long — Barack Obama nominated her in 2009 — but between the likelihood of Republicans winning back control of the U.S. Senate in November and the presidential election looking extremely favorable to Trump right now, Democrats have been urging her to step down for over a year now.
Recent revelations about her health are giving them added anxiety. According to a recent report from HuffPost, Sotomayor travels with a medic — something no other justice does.
"The revelation comes from newly released U.S. Marshals Service records obtained by the nonpartisan court watchdog Fix the Court, which requested information about security for current and former Supreme Court justices," the outlet reports. "And it amplifies questions that many only whisper about the long-term fitness of the oldest Democratic-appointed justice on the court."
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Let’s hope her ego stands in the way of pragmatism.
Imagine trying to get a replacement seated between July and November.....
The real question is whether "they" will let Trump assume office in January after he wins.
The writer has underestimated the power of human stupidity and the power of Democrats to cheat (again).
That was my thought, too. There ONLY because she’s a minority.
If the Democrats win and Sotomayor retires, the liberal/conservative balance will remain the same. Of course there is no guarantee for anyone how much longer he or she will live so there is a danger that one of the conservatives might not survive until the next Republican President is elected (assuming that one will be at some point in the future). Clarence Thomas was born June 23, 1948, so he is currently 75. At the time of the 2028 election he will be 80.
Can you imagine the confirmation hearings? I don’t see why Sotomayor would play ball on this. Nothing in it for her.
Hold on until Jan 2025, my wise Latina female
And Thomas is especially difficult to replace. Scalia would sometimes pen opinions along the lines of “but what if cops don’t like it”, where Thomas is reliably “screw that, we’re not here to ensure the convenience of the government and the precedent on this is wrong”.
Kamala could give her Willie Brown.
Exactly. DJT will probably get 95MM votes this time, to the Dems 115MM. We got a serious wake-up in 2020 how few large blue cities in swing states (and even states that are in reality conservative) they need for to steal the presidency. Is there some reason to think that can be stopped this time??
Just about any of the many Second Amendment case shows who they are.
I would love for Judge Roger Benitez of the Ninth Circuit to be on the Supreme Court, but he is only four years younger than Clarence Thomas.
Yes, everything I’ve heard from him has been good.
Hopefully not just yet...
There are several reasons.
1. They require large numbers of operatives to do it. Biden is not nearly as popular as President as he was when the election was all about "get rid of Trump".
2. Many of their teqniques are known and can be guarded against to various degrees.
3. No more Covid "emergencies" to allow the Democrats to flagrantly violate the rules and get away with it.
4. The "margin of cheat" will need to be much higher this time.
In summation, the calculus on the ground has changed. I do not know if they can be stopped, or not, but there is a serious possibility they can.
The left is uncertain they can win. It is why they are doing all this lawfare against Trump.
Biden isn't popular. But you could say the same about Trump.
I honestly believe they want Trump up by 60 points in the polls so they can gloat that much more when Bidet wins. An “in your face there’s nothing you can do about it” moment for them!
Renquist and Scalia died which still in their positions. So your post is 100 percent false.
I said ‘leftists’ and made no mention of others.
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