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CMUHoo

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I read a pretty convincing argument that Sonia Sotomayor should retire now


She's 68 years old and diabetic. There's no guarantee that she will live until the next time there is a Democrat in the White House and a Democrat-controlled Senate and reasonable odds that she won't. We saw RBG make the same mistake circa 2010-2014.

Honestly, in the current era of the Supreme Court, it would make sense for every single member of the court to retire every time their party has complete control of the selection process. If we're going to treat these positions as being explicitly partisan and never confirm a justice nominated by someone in the other party, then you should take advantage of every opportunity to reset the age of the justices. Alito and Thomas are both in their 70s and if a Democrat wins in 2024 you never know what might happen 6 years from now. They could both have retired under Trump, but wanted to stamp their names in the history books with the big cases of this term.

(In response to this post by hooshouse)

Posted: 06/26/2022 at 11:35AM



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