Democrat Senator Suggests Supreme Court Justice Should Retire

Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Justice Sonia Sotomayor should ‘weigh the competing factors.’

Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via Reuters

A Democratic senator has added his voice to the growing calls for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire and thereby allow President Joe Biden to appoint a new justice.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Justice Sotomayor, an Obama appointee, “should weigh the competing factors” when it comes to considering when to leave the bench.