Kamala Harris appointed to replace SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor

a generous pundit sunday Nomination of failed presidential candidate released Kamala Harris, being a Democrat, will replace US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. still clinging to power,

Bakari Sellers, a CNN commentator and former state legislator in South Carolina, was adamant on social media that progressives need to step up pressure on Sotomayor, a 70-year-old type 1 diabetic, even though she opposes the effort.

“Sotomayor needs to resign. The Court is currently 6-3. (His resignation) will limit Trump’s ability to go 7-2. It is foolish to believe that there is no difference,” Seller Written on X.

“(The Senate) could confirm in 10 weeks (see ACB (Amy Coney Barrett)). You have very good pre-vetted candidates… Mr. Srinivasan, Robert Wilkins, Michelle Childs and yes, Kamala Harris (though she’s unlikely to get Manchin’s vote),” the party pundit said.

Democrats will control the White House and the Senate until early January. It is unclear whether Harris, 60, would be receptive to the notion of serving as a judge.

Presidents often nominate individuals to the nation’s highest court who have actual experience serving as judges, although this is not always the case. Some progressives have done it before Thought about former President Barack Obama Serving in the apex court.

“I don’t want Justice Sotomayor to be another Ruth Bader Ginsburg for too long,” Sellers told CNN last week, referring to the late judge. Whose death paved the way for a GOP replacement.

The former poll claimed, “Justice Sotomayor is much more likely to resign or retire in the next four years.”

Sotomayor, the most senior of the liberal justices on the bench, have had medical problems in the pastWhich includes records that show she has previously traveled with a doctor.

he also has spoke in public About being tired of the demanding workload at the Supreme Court.

The top jurist has not commented publicly on the Democratic pressure campaign for him to step down.

But some of his colleagues are supporting him.

“This is not the time to lose your important voice on the court. She recently turned 70 and takes better care of herself than I know,” said a source close to Sotomayor. wall street journal,

But top of mind for at least some Democrats is Ginsburg, a liberal icon who refused to step down when Democrats had control of the White House and the Senate between 2009 and early 2015.

He died in September 2020, prompting then-President Donald Trump to name his replacement.

Conservatives then increased their majority on the high court to 6–3, enabling them to overturn Roe v. Wade, among other high-profile decisions.

Progressives successfully lobbied Justice Stephen Breyer to leave office in 2022.

Pressure against Sotomayor has been mounting for some time, including ahead of the Nov. 5 election amid fears the GOP will retake the Senate.

In addition to recapturing the White House, Republicans also won the Senate this time, meaning that if the GOP appoints a new judge during the next two years, Democrats will not be able to block him.

There is also uncertainty about whether Democrats can take back the upper chamber in 2026.

“It would probably be a good day for Sotomayor to retire,” said David Dayne, executive editor of the left-leaning American Prospect magazine. Wrote openly on X Following Trump’s presidential victory last week.

are senate democrats internal discussion How far should they go in trying to push Sotomayor aside before Trump returns to the White House.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), 83, says he is against the move.

The senator was asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday if he thought Sotomayor should step down, responding, “No, I don’t want to.

“I don’t think it’s a sensible approach,” he said – acknowledging he was aware of the effort to oust him.

Sotomayor, who was nominated to the Supreme Court by then-President Obama in 2009 widely ranked As the most progressive member of the bench.

She has emerged as one of the most forceful liberal and sometimes emotional voices on the bench during contentious oral arguments. For example, in late 2021, he questioned whether the Supreme Court could “avoid the stink” of overturning Roe.

Meanwhile, some GOP activists are privately watching the longevity of conservative judges on the bench, such as 76-year-old Clarence Thomas and 74-year-old Samuel Alito, as they hope to maintain their influence on the Supreme Court.

The current term of the Supreme Court started last month.