Sonia Sotomayor Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Early Retirement

The calls to step down come from both the left and center—amplified by law professors, scholarly legal journals, and anti-Trump pundits—warning about the risks to the Supreme Court and the country if Justice Sonia Sotomayor isn’t replaced while there’s still a Democrat in the White House and a Senate in Democratic hands.

She’s only 69, young by today’s standards, but the memory is still fresh of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lingering well into her 80s and then dying weeks before the 2016 election, opening the door for three Trump-appointed judges to complete the conservative super majority to overturn Roe.

Sotomayor now faces the same decision that RBG faced: Permit a Democratic president and a Democratic Senate to confirm a successor who will hold the seat for decades—or roll the dice. RBG rolled the dice, and we all lost.

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