Anirvan Chatterjee on Nostr: "replacing Sotomayor in the lame-duck session would be a small progressive win in the ...
"replacing Sotomayor in the lame-duck session would be a small progressive win in the face of overwhelming defeat. Filling the 41 judicial vacancies right now would be a progressive win. Republicans have always understood that control of the courts is the thing that protects their agenda even in the face of electoral losses. Democrats never learn the lesson, and progressives never push them to do so"
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/should-sonia-sotomayor-retire/#USPol
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