Justice Sonia Sotomayor's potential retirement from the Supreme Court has sparked a complex political debate. Some voices in the GOP have stated they won't consider any nominee, while Joe Manchin has declared he won't confirm a nominee without at least one Republican vote. Kyrsten Sinema has expressed that confirming a nominee in an election year would be against 'the McConnell Rule'. Speculations arise that if President Trump were to win, the Supreme Court could tilt to a 7-2 conservative majority, but if President Biden remains in office, it could result in a 6-2 majority. Amidst this, there are calls for Sotomayor to stay, citing her as a trailblazer for the Latino community and criticizing the pressure on her to retire as based on misogynistic and racist notions.
ICYMI: The public pressure on Sonia Sotomayor to retire now, when a progressive replacement on the bench is guaranteed w/a Democratic WH and Senate, is misogynist cant based on racist notions of "long-term strategy." Stay strong where you are, Sonia: https://t.co/On902Ke9VI
Cynical take I haven't seen yet: If Sotomayor retired, Biden would v likely nominate another Latina judge, which could help him in an election year. Dems believed that anti-Sotomayor commentary in 2009 helped them with Latinos in 2012. https://t.co/9kprbqirBz https://t.co/ieWS18yArP
Sonia Sotomayor, don't listen to all those negative nellies and bean-counting bigots telling you to resign from the Supreme Court immediately, while Democrats still hold both the White House and the Senate. | @EsotericCD https://t.co/Dl5gRt41JQ
Justice Sotomayor is trailblazer for the Latino community, and a fighter from the Bronx. She serves our country honorably, and has every right to continue to do so. https://t.co/AWV5qAtAhA
1) Sotomayor retires 2) GOP says they won't consider anyone 3) Joe Manchin says he won't confirm without at least 1 Republican 4) Kyrsten Sinema says it'd be wrong to confirm in an election year, as per "the McConnell Rule" 5) If Trump wins, 7-2 SCOTUS; if Biden, 6-2 It's in play