Sotomayor: 1. There is upside to her doing a strategically timed retirement 2. There is no downside 3. She is of the normal age for an American to retire 4. Everyone knows 1-3 5. Most Democrats in congress are pretending not to know this

Apr 11, 2024 · 12:36 AM UTC

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It's fascinating and bizarre, but in a weird way typical of the extent to which the epistemological practices in Democratic Party politics have gotten wrecked by having all these discussions in public where nobody speaks honestly.
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Replying to @mattyglesias
She’s got at least 15 years left. Pressuring her to retire now is insane, incredibly pessimistic and a serious display of weakness
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I mean should we strive to have a bench full of 23 year old partisans or do we want experienced judges? Generally nobody talks about this because it’s a dumb idea…and any benefit to this gets canceled out by the oppo party doing the same thing…
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If Justice Sotomayor actually likes her job at the pinnacle of her profession that could be a downside.
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OTOH if she just delays it until November, Trump can choose her replacement.
Replying to @mattyglesias @mehdirhasan
Let's start of vigorous campaign of urging Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to retire, instead.
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Replying to @mattyglesias @mehdirhasan
Oh, and the downside is that you presuppose Republicans would cooperate with Biden on a replacement.
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The strategic thing for Dems to do is to seek a deal with GOP. Justice Sotomayor retires if Justices Thomas, Alito and Roberts also agree to retire at the same time. GOP will buy it. I am positive.
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here, let me relate by restating your bullets 1) There are only rewards 2) There is ZERO risk 3) I'm ageist 4) Join the bandwagon 5) I love congressional conspiracies As you can see, well thought out... (not) ** Only a child sees all reward and no risk
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You guys get into the stupidest shit
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