{"id":2214618,"date":"2024-04-06T20:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T00:31:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-06T20:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T00:31:50","slug":"congressional-hispanic-caucus-rejects-calls-for-sotomayor-to-retire-from-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-hispanic-caucus-rejects-calls-for-sotomayor-to-retire-from-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"The Congressional Hispanic Caucus opposes demands for Sotomayor to step down from 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\">30<\/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%2Fcongressional-hispanic-caucus-rejects-calls-for-sotomayor-to-retire-from-supreme-court%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=2214618&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>Congressional Hispanic Caucus leaders rejected calls for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor\u2063 to retire. Left-wing activists \u200chave suggested her resignation \u200bunder a Democratic president to prevent a repeat of \u200dJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s\u2062 situation. The Caucus\u2064 looks forward to Sotomayor&#8217;s continued service, emphasizing her role as the first Latina justice and highlighting her judicial \u2063expertise and dedication to upholding the rule of law.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Congressional Hispanic Caucus leaders issued a statement Saturday rejecting calls for <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a> Justice <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sonia-sotomayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sonia Sotomayor<\/a> to retire.<\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-condemns-d-c-demonstrators-despite-past-encouragement-of-violent-blm-mobs\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris condemns D.C. demonstrators despite past encouragement of violent BLM mobs\">left-wing activists<\/a> have called for Sotomayor, 69, to step down from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: 'Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable'\">high court<\/a> under a Democratic president to avoid a repeat situation of the vacancy caused by Justice <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ruth-bader-ginsburg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>\u2019s death in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Ginsburg, 87, died nearly four years into Republican Donald Trump\u2019s presidency after not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-olympic-committee-releases-protest-guidelines-clears-athletes-to-raise-fists-kneel-during-national-anthem\/\" title=\"US Olympic Committee Releases Protest Guidelines, Clears Athletes To Raise Fists, Kneel During National Anthem\">heeding calls<\/a> to resign under Democratic President Barack Obama. In his final months in office, Trump nominated and Senate Republicans swiftly confirmed Justice Amy Coney Barrett, increasing the number of GOP-appointed justices to six.<\/p>\n<p>CHC leaders said they look forward to Sotomayor\u2019s continued service on the Supreme Court, pointing out that she is the first and only Latina justice.<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor \u201chas proven to be a brilliant jurist, tough questioner, and fair arbiter of the rule of law throughout her tenure on the Court,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-faces-backlash-after-posting-twerk-video-celebrating-mlk\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Faces Backlash After Posting Twerk Video Celebrating MLK\">statement reads<\/a>. \u201cShe has played a part in some of the most impactful rulings in recent American jurisprudence, many of which have protected or expanded critical rights and programs that progressive lawmakers and advocates have fought for and celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, some Democratic senators <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\" title>weighed in<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/refund-the-police-major-cities-are-backtracking-on-police-cuts-after-explosion-of-violent-crime\/\" title=\"Refund The Police? Major Cities Are Backtracking On Police Cuts After Explosion Of Violent Crime\">activists\u2019 calls<\/a> without joining them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think [Sotomayor] really has to weigh the competing factors,\u201d Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2952907\/democratic-senator-makes-shocking-statement-sotomayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \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 [the Senate] included.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor is the fourth-longest tenured of the nine Supreme Court justices and the oldest among those appointed by Democratic presidents. Ketanji Brown Jackson, the shortest-serving justice on the court, was appointed by President Joe Biden to replace Clinton-nominated Justice Stephen Breyer, who retired at 83 in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thirty-eight representatives and four senators make up the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Sotomayor was born in New York City and is of Puerto Rican descent, as are CHC members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ritchie Torres (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJustice Sotomayor has been a trailblazer for the Latino community and has every right to serve on the Supreme Court until she makes the decision that it is best for her to retire,\u201d Torres <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRitchie\/status\/1776369917438079311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> to X on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Congressional Hispanic Caucus leaders released a statement on Saturday dismissing requests for Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s retirement. Certain left-wing activists urge the 69-year-old justice to resign during a Democratic presidency to prevent a vacancy like the one following Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s passing in 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2214619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24054772084464-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24054772084464-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214618","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\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2214619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}