Liberals Trying to Force Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Retire

Although the longtime diabetic is in good health, activists say they don’t want to risk allowing her replacement to be chosen by President Trump.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor poses for a photo next to a bronze bust of herself after it was unveiled at the Bronx Terminal Market in New York, on Sept. 8, 2022. Bebeto Matthews/Pool via REUTERS

Liberals are mounting a pressure campaign to force liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire from the bench so President Joe Biden, who faces a tough reelection fight in November, can appoint a younger liberal successor before the election.

Democrats fear that the 6–3 conservative majority on the nation’s highest court could become a 7–2 conservative majority if President Donald Trump wins the election in November and she dies during his second term of office.