Democrats need to replace their own radicalization, not Sotomayor

Starting to panic over President Joe Biden’s sinking chances in November, Democrats are starting to lower the lifeboats as the ship lists dangerously to port. One of the first they would like to send off is Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. 

An increasing number of leftist activists have begun to call publicly for Sotomayor’s retirement, all but admitting that they expect Biden to lose. But Democrats urging Sotomayor’s replacement on the Supreme Court forget: Biden can’t do it. It’s not that he wouldn’t or that he doesn’t want to. It’s that he is trapped between his leftist fealty and political reality. Any nominee the Left will accept, the Senate is unlikely to confirm. And any nominee the Senate could confirm, the Left is unlikely to accept.

A reliable member of the court’s left-leaning minority, Sotomayor was appointed 15 years ago and will turn 70 years old in a few months. Although she is not known to have serious health problems, she has had Type 1 diabetes since childhood, and records appear to show that she travels with a medic. She has also mentioned fatigue and her unexpected workload at recent events.