Summary
As Donald Trump prepares for a second term, progressive groups are concerned about Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s future on the Supreme Court.
Some activists hoped she would retire to allow President Biden to appoint a successor before Republicans take control of the Senate in January.
However, with Democrats’ narrow majority and opposition from Senator Joe Manchin, any replacement would face confirmation challenges.
Legal scholars and advocacy groups now view the window for Sotomayor’s retirement as closed and are focusing on confirming Biden’s remaining judicial nominees to lower federal courts before Republicans regain the Senate majority.
Well the good news for progressives is you’ll likely see Thomas and maybe Alito retire during Trump’s next term. The bad news is they’ll be replaced by 35-year-old strict-constructionist Constitutional conservatives.
Yeah and if Sotomayer pulls a Ginsberg, suddenly Trump gets three picks, effectively forcing a radically right-wing court for at least the next 40 years.
The real tragedy of Trump being elected is that this effectively ends any chance of reforming the court. Gen Z will basically be in their 60s before there is any chance of balancing the court let alone swinging it left.
The is McConnell’s wet dream and has been his entire career. Unfortunately, his dream came true.
They won’t be strict constructionists. The Heritage Foundation doesn’t endorse strict constructionists. They endorse whatever the hell supports their individual needs of the individual moments. They have no guiding principles or morals.
Yes, but Trump has/had been taking legal marching orders from the Federalist Society which does support a strict read, no?
It’d have to be one hell of a nominee to get through the process before Chirstmas break.
Biden should expand the god damned court
Our biggest mistake was hoping that democrats were progressive and not just another part of the oligarchs
It’s a big tent, the people in charge of the party right now suck but there are lots of good lawmakers and staffers in there
“and opposition from Senator Joe Manchin”
The most repeated phrase ever. At least that piece of shit will be gone, but now an actual Republican took his place.
I’m ultimately glad, he was giving democrats a bad name. We could afford that a decade ago, but we no longer can.
There’s a mild reshuffling of the parties happening, with the Tulsi Gabbards switching to red and the Adam Kinzingers switching to blue, and I’m fine with it. It’s about priorities. Which parts of your platform and beliefs are more important than the other parts?
with the Tulsi Gabbards switching to red and the Adam Kinzingers switching to blue
Ugh, a future of having to choose between Russian agents and fucking tea partiers sounds bleak as hell, we’ve gotta be able to do better than that
Yes, I think we can.
But remember, during WW2 the USSR and the US were able to cooperate to defeat fascism. We cannot be too picky when it comes to alliances when there’s bigger fish to fry. Ideological purity is not our friend, never has been. Even if that makes everything a confusing pain in the ass, which it does, that diversity of opinion is necessary if we are going to robustly pursue our goals and not get too stuck up our own asses and blinded.
Somewhere out there is a chart showing how often a Congressman votes with their party. Manchin and Sinema were at the bottom, but they’re both leaving, so I don’t know.
In my opinion, I don’t think we’ll have one. The Republicans will have a majority in both houses, so there’s no need for a controlled opposition.
If they need someone to cross the aisle for theater, it’ll probably be Susan Collins.
Is Sotomayor that old/unhealthy?
She’s only 70(born 1954), unless there are health issues I’m unaware of idk why this article is trying to cause more worry/fear.
