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.
Left-wing activists seem emboldened because they successfully pressured liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, now 85, to retire in June 2022, which allowed President Biden to replace him with liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, now 53.
In an April 3 broadcast on NBC News, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, said Justice Sotomayor should consider stepping down soon.
Left-wing commentator Mehdi Hasan published a column in The Guardian saying it pained him to argue that Justice Sotomayor should make way for a younger successor who can serve for decades on the Court because she is a good standard bearer for the progressive cause.
He described Justice Sotomayor as "The greatest liberal to sit on the Supreme Court in my adult lifetime."
Justice Sotomayor could "Easily" survive a second Trump term and continue serving until 2029, "But why take that risk? Why not retire now?" he wrote.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates said: "President Biden believes that decisions to retire from the Supreme Court should be made by the justices themselves and no one else."
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