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Sonia Sotomayor

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Sonia Sotomayor

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Sonia Sotomayor is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between May 13, 2024 and July 02, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “the most important thing Democrats can do is get Sonia Sotomayor to retire”; “I think it’s Sonia Sotomayor. … Sotomayor is getting old and unhealthy”. It most often appears alongside Biden, CFTC, Democrats.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: May 13, 2024
  • Last seen: July 02, 2024

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

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May 13, 2024 · Original source
Nate Silver, Josh Barro, and others have been banging this drum recently: the most important thing Democrats can do this year is get Sonia Sotomayor to retire. Sotomayor is an older liberal-leaning Supreme Court justice. She might get sick or die in the next four years, and if Republicans win the 2024 election, then they get to choose her replacement and the Court shifts even further right. If she retired today, Biden and the Democratic Senate would choose her replacement and the Court wouldn’t shift. She doesn’t want to resign, but Silver (remembering the similar case of RBG) thinks Democrats should pressure her as best they can. The markets have been shifting between 20% and 40%, but don’t seem to expect this to happen.
Inline links: Nate Silver, Josh Barro
Prediction Markets Suggest Replacing Biden
July 02, 2024 · Original source
I think it’s Sonia Sotomayor. Nate Silver, who was right on Biden very early, has been pushing this really hard. Sotomayor is getting old and unhealthy, and might die within the next four years. If she dies, and Republicans win the Presidency and Senate, Trump will get to nominate her replacement, making the Supreme Court 7-2 conservative. This is the same thing that happened with RBG. Most Democrats wish RBG would have retired when she had the chance. Now Sotomayor has the chance, so she should do it. If we’re going to have a national moment where we worry about aging government officials staying on longer than is good for their party or their country, she should be the next target. Elites can sublimate whatever emotions they’re having about Biden onto Sotomayor, and maybe it’ll do some good.
Inline links: has been pushing this really hard