{"id":2212241,"date":"2024-04-03T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senators-get-anxious-over-prospect-of-another-ginsburg-situation-on-scotus\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:24:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:24:26","slug":"dem-senators-get-anxious-over-prospect-of-another-ginsburg-situation-on-scotus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-senators-get-anxious-over-prospect-of-another-ginsburg-situation-on-scotus\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Senators are concerned about the possibility of another situation like Ginsburg&#8217;s on the Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-senators-get-anxious-over-prospect-of-another-ginsburg-situation-on-scotus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212241&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Democrats are \u2064concerned about\u200c the potential scenario of \u2064another conservative majority on the Supreme Court following the passing of \u200bJustice Ruth Bader \u2063Ginsburg during Trump&#8217;s\u200c presidency. The focus is on Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the oldest liberal member, who has not indicated retirement plans despite health concerns. Democrats fear further expansion of the conservative wing and draw parallels to Justice Ginsburg&#8217;s situation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Democrats in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> are expressing concerns about the possibility of a scenario that echoes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ruth-bader-ginsburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> suddenly dying and giving way to a conservative majority during Donald Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>A report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/top-democrats-wont-join-calls-justice-sotomayor-retire-still-fear-ruth-rcna145912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> explored how this anxiety is centered on Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sonia-sotomayor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonia Sotomayor<\/a>, the oldest liberal member of the court at 69 and a lifelong diabetic, not stepping down while President Joe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> is in office and Democrats control the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very respectful of Justice Sotomayor. I have great admiration for her. But I think she really has to weigh the competing factors,\u201d Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told the news outlet. \u201cWe should learn a lesson. And it\u2019s not like there\u2019s any mystery here about what the lesson should be. The old saying \u2014 graveyards are full of indispensable people, ourselves in this body included.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Blumenthal said Sotomayor is \u201ca highly accomplished and, obviously, fully functioning justice right now,\u201d he noted that \u201cjustices have to make their personal decisions about their health, and their level of energy, but also to keep in mind the larger national and public interest in making sure that the court looks and thinks like America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the second-ranked Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said he is \u201cnot joining any calls\u201d for Sotomayor to step down but warned of an \u201cextremist wing\u201d if the 6-3 conservative majority created during Trump\u2019s presidency is allowed to expand further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRun it to 7-2 and you go from a captured court to a full MAGA court,\u201d Whitehouse added. \u201cCertainly I think if Justice Ginsburg had it to do over again, she might have rethought her confidence in her own health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has been able to nominate just one person to the high court during his presidency. He selected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ketanji-brown-jackson-sworn-in-as-supreme-court-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ketanji Brown Jackson<\/a> to replace Stephen Breyer, who retired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/justice-stephen-breyer-reveals-when-he-will-retire-from-scotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under pressure<\/a> from the Left.<\/p>\n<p>Ginsburg long resisted a push by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSKBN0G12UZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberals<\/a> who wanted her to retire as she reached her 80s and experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/ruth-bader-ginsburg-health-ups-downs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health scares<\/a>. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-dies-from-cancer-complications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a> of pancreatic cancer at the age of 87 in 2020, paving the way for Trump-nominated Amy Coney Barrett to take her place.<\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/should-sotomayor-retire-biden_n_66032a7ae4b006c3905731dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal scholars<\/a> are now pushing for Sotomayor to step down, but the NBC News report claimed there are no signs that Sotomayor has plans to retire. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/sotomayor-says-surprised-by-supreme-court-pace-tougher-workload\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, she said in January that she was \u201ctired\u201d by the workload. Sotomayor has served on the high court since 2009 during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712234347815000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1G-VkjVO0p4qoEkiCI9cqF\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Biden is running for a second term, paving the way to a 2020 general election rematch against Trump. White House spokesman Andrew Bates said Biden \u201cbelieves that decisions to retire from the Supreme Court should be made by the justices themselves and no one else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One Republican lawmaker quoted in the new report was Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who is 90 and has already <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3740578-grassley-has-already-filed-for-reelection-bid-in-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed paperwork<\/a> to run for a ninth term in 2028. \u201cEverybody\u2019s got to make that personal decision,\u201d Grassley said. \u201cAnd I wouldn\u2019t comment on it for somebody else, because that\u2019s their decision. Just like it\u2019s my decision to run for re-election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Democrats worry about a repeat of Justice Ginsburg&#8217;s sudden passing, paving the way for a conservative Supreme Court majority during the Trump era. The focus is on the oldest liberal member, Justice Sotomayor, as highlighted in an NBC News report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2212242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1857677375-scaled-e1712159584872.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2212241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1857677375-scaled-e1712159584872.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2212241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2212241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2212241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2212241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}