Sotomayor facing calls from liberal journalists to step down from Supreme Court this year: ‘Why risk it?’ [Video]

Some liberal journalists as well as law professors have started to publicly pressure Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to retire, so that President Biden could appoint a younger justice under a Democratic Senate. 

Journalist Josh Barro, who floated the idea in late January, said he was surprised Sotomayor hasn’t already announced retirement plans after she expressed concern over the political make-up of the court. 

Barro broached the topic again in his newsletter published Saturday headlined, “Keep the Pressure on Sotomayor to retire.” 

“The best thing Sotomayor can do to secure her legacy and increase the likelihood that liberals can gain ground on the court in the future is to retire after 15 years of service, enabling Biden to appoint a younger, liberal judge to replace her and serve for decades to come,” he wrote. 

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Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan echoed Barro’s concerns and called on Sotomayor to step down in a column in the Guardian published in early April. …