Posted on 11/09/2024 8:35:54 AM PST by TigerClaws
Senate Dems are furiously debating whether to pressure US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a 70-year-old diabetic, into resigning so they can try to confirm another jurist before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a new report says.
Members of the upper chamber’s Democratic caucus broached the sensitive topic after Trump’s electoral landslide Tuesday, according to Politico.
A former Senate Democratic aide told The Post it’s a fool’s errand to think Sotomayer would step aside and the Senate would be able to confirm a Democratic replacement in time.
“That’s insane. That’s not going to happen,” the source said. “If Sotomayor were to resign, [Dem Senate Leader] Chuck Schumer couldn’t get a confirmation done in time.”
Those involved in the talks also have acknowledged that it would be difficult to pull off during President Biden’s lame-duck session.
“We would have to have assurances from any shaky senator that they would back a nominee in the lame-duck,” a senior Democratic source told Politico. But at least some of the senators are loath to publicly leak the notion or even privately urge Sotomayor, a solid liberal vote on the high court and its first Hispanic justice, to leave her post over potential health issues, the report said.
Sotomayor is a type 1 diabetic, and the average lifespan for women with the condition is 68 years, according to a 2015 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
“What happens if she resigns and the nominee to replace her isn’t confirmed and the next president fills the vacancy?” a source said.
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Pushed Biden aside. Now the "Wide Latina" will be gone? Dems are ruthless!
The Republicans need to take sides with Sotomayor and fight to stop this sham. Don’t let the RATS punish her for Hispanics supporting Trump.
I guess they are giving up on the Latin arm of their strange coalition
Grabbing the bucket of popcorn for this one 👍
Shove the diabetic aside.
These people are evil.
Walz said yesterday it was sad to see the ‘people they fought for so hard’ turn on them.
In other words, Hispanics got off the Democrat plantation and the slave owners ain’t happy about it!
Isn’t that up to her?
I have a feeling this might backfire
I respect dims for this only: they have an agenda and will move to implement it.
A former Senate Democratic aide told The Post it’s a fool’s errand to think Sotomayer would step aside and the Senate would be able to confirm a Democratic replacement in time.
They can push Sotomayor out if they want to, there is not time to nominate and confirm her replacement before control of the senate is taken by Republicans.
But feel free to push her out if you wish!
It would be poetic justice if Sotomeyer resigned, then a lame duck such as Kyrsten Sinema reniged on her commitment, like Senator McCain did, scuttling any nomination and insuring Trump was able to name a replacement...
The Dems pull this off and not a single latina will ever vote for them.
They will succeed in locking up the latina vote for Republicans for decades.
Go for it.
Can’t wait to see the Iwo Jima themed cartoon. Hoisting her off her bench won’t be easy. SC seat is for life.
I just don't think this is even possible to do in six weeks over the Holiday season. with Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.
A lot of Democrats have vacation plans .
LOL, they think she’s going to die in the next few years.
Has Sotomayor been told about this?
Why not just go ahead and take a page from the Democrat’s playbook and pack the court?
Trump can add 10 new conservative justices - and not a single Democrat can complain about it b/c THIS is what they wanted.
Those involved in the talks also have acknowledged that it would be difficult to pull off during President Biden’s lame-duck session.
“We would have to have assurances from any shaky senator that they would back a nominee in the lame-duck,” a senior Democratic source told Politico.
Maybe Sotomayor will take offense, much like Biden has with the DEM leadership, and resign immediately after Trump is sworn in.
Dems ex machina.
Yet again.
These people want nothing more than to make others their puppets so their own egos can be satisfied.
““What happens if she resigns and the nominee to replace her isn’t confirmed and the next president fills the vacancy?””
A MAGA Win?
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