Democrats have been voicing their desire for Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s retirement but that President Joe Biden is nominate another progressive justice. The placed, of course, has already done it, making it possible for Biden to select Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The pension was also leaked beforehand. Not everyone is calling for Sotomayor to dash into retirement, though, with Sen. John Fetterman ( D- PA ) offering a recommendation for someone else who may leave.
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According to HuffPost’s Igor Bobic, Fetterman said that” I have no opinion on anyone else’s potential to leave unless it’s that scumbag Menendez, he should retire”.
that sweet sweet parking space https ://t.co/tNkRilT9Kh— Senator John Fetterman ( @SenFettermanPA ) April 9, 2024
He was, of course, speaking about Sen. Bob Menendez ( D- NJ), and Fetterman has been trolling for weeks now. Fetterman himself responded with a cited quote from the” that wonderful sweet driving place.”
Menendez and his family, Nadine Menendez, have been indicted with multiple counts of corruption, with 16 legal matters coming next month. Attorneys for the senator’s wife on Tuesday asked for a prolonged trial, citing a” critical health condition” and how she’ll have a” medical procedure” and observe- up treatment.
Menendez has teased separate candidates for election in November in addition to refusing to retire. He had a 14 % approval standing among New Jersey citizens according to an Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill poll from last week. Additionally, if he were to work, he has merely 9 pct support in that ballot.  ,
Bobic’s investigating revealed that Fetterman is not the only one who rejects Sotomayor’s claims.  ,
However, this ongoing and comical feud between Fetterman and Menendez is n’t the only instance of Democratic infighting occurring. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), one of their own, made a proposal that sounded very like he thought Sotomayor may perhaps leave, which led to fierce and sharp criticism from his own Democrats and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.  ,
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As the HuffPost content mentioned:
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn. ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, stirred last week when he suggested to NBC News that Democrats” should learn a lesson” about the high stakes involving Supreme Court appointments.
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Blumenthal told HuffPost that he never requested Sotomayor to withdraw. When asked about the effect to his remarks.
” Justice Sotomayor should produce her own selections”, he said. It should be off to her to decide what she does entirely. I’m not saying she really retire”.
Progressives have reason to be concerned about the Supreme Court, particularly if Republicans retake control of the Senate, irrespective of what Blumenthal actually meant. When it comes to the seats they’re defending and looking to pick up, the 2024 image looks especially suitable for them, especially in comparison to 2022.  ,
On Tuesday night, Joe Cunningham from RedState, our girl website, published a piece titled” Democrats Have Been Panicking About Joe Biden.” Today, They’re Panicking About the Senate”.
FiveThirtyEight leader Nate Silver referenced Blumenthal, as well as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse ( D- RI), another part of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He also pointed out that Josh Barro has as well in a Substack part titled” Keep the Force on Sotomayor to Retire” that he also made in calling for Sotomayor to withdraw.
Yes, Sotomayor may leave. If you want to prevent a 7 to 2 traditional lot, this is not even remotely a close call. I’m able to do some of the math below. ssl: //t. co/SVRdt8MSVY— Nate Silver ( @NateSilver538 ) April 8, 2024
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As Silver wrote, claiming he was being “more harsh” than the preceding numbers:
But, I’m going to be more harsh than any of them. If you even a passing democratic hater on liberal political outcomes, or if you prefer not to see a 7 to 2 traditional majority on the Supreme Court, you should need Sotomayor to step down and be replaced by a younger progressive justice. And — here’s the mean part — if you do n’t want that, you deserve what you get.
With unique attention, he argued that the later Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may have faced more , force to retire, in order to be replaced with another progressive justice of former President Barack Obama’s choosing:
I’d change the nature of life visits to the Supreme Court if for some unusual reason I was given the task of rewriting the Constitution because we as residents have not just the proper but I’d say the responsibility to consider the justices ‘ ages and health. Perhaps if the political class had n’t been offended by such heated exchanges, Ruth Bader Ginsburg would have faced more peer pressure to retire when Barack Obama could have taken her place. Otherwise, of course, RBG died in the waning days of the 2020 presidential campaign, replaced on the chair by Donald Trump’s selection of Amy Coney Barrett.
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In this scenario, allow the Democrats in turmoil combat each other. Donald Trump has a good chance of winning the White House, as people agrees, and Republicans have an even better chance of winning the Senate.
It’s also worthwhile to remember that Trump’s victory in 2016 was in part attributable to how the Supreme Court was a major motivating factor for his supporters, as opposed to the fact that Hillary Clinton was not at all the citizens ‘ choice. Trump went on to label select three U. S. Supreme Court justices, including Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who replaced Ginsburg.
We’ll see if either party finds motivation in the problem once more in 2024.  ,
