Democrats in the Senate are expressing concerns about the possibility of a scenario that echoes Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suddenly dying and giving way to a conservative majority during Donald Trump’s presidency.
A report from NBC News explored how this anxiety is centered on Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the oldest liberal member of the court at 69 and a lifelong diabetic, not stepping down while President Joe Biden is in office and Democrats control the Senate.
“I’m very respectful of Justice Sotomayor. I have great admiration for her. But I think she really has to weigh the competing factors,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told the news outlet. “We should learn a lesson. And it’s not like there’s any mystery here about what the lesson should be. The old saying — graveyards are full of indispensable people, ourselves in this body included.”
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