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Justice Sonia Sotomayor strongly dissented from two recent Supreme Court rulings on birthright citizenship and religious rights, warning of their potentially profound and lasting negative impacts on schools, immigrants, and the justice system.
Senator Bernie Sanders has stated that he does not support calls for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down. This comes amid discussions within the Democratic Party about potential changes in the Supreme Court and broader political strategies.
Democratic senators are not publicly calling for liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire, but express unease over the possibility of history repeating itself after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's refusal to step down led to a conservative majority. Some liberal commentators and legal advocacy groups are calling on Sotomayor to retire while President Biden is in office and Democrats control the Senate, but elected officials are hesitant. Sotomayor, who is 69 and a lifelong diabetic, has not signaled any plans to retire, and her choice is not immediately pivotal as the liberal minority lacks the votes to move the court to the left without conservative buy-in.