Josh is absolutely right that Sotomayor SHOULD retire, for the reasons he gives.
But I'm going to rain on the parade and say that she is almost certainly not going to retire. The most typical time for a justice to announce their retirement "on confirmation of my successor" is immediately following the end of a term, when there are no pend…
Josh is absolutely right that Sotomayor SHOULD retire, for the reasons he gives.
But I'm going to rain on the parade and say that she is almost certainly not going to retire. The most typical time for a justice to announce their retirement "on confirmation of my successor" is immediately following the end of a term, when there are no pending cases and no arguments being heard for a couple of months.
Anyway, the court issued its final orders list of the term on July 2. It's been 10 days with no announcement. From that I surmise that she is not going to retire - if that had been her intent the announcement would have been made on July 2nd or 3 rd or 8th.
Josh is absolutely right that Sotomayor SHOULD retire, for the reasons he gives.
But I'm going to rain on the parade and say that she is almost certainly not going to retire. The most typical time for a justice to announce their retirement "on confirmation of my successor" is immediately following the end of a term, when there are no pending cases and no arguments being heard for a couple of months.
Anyway, the court issued its final orders list of the term on July 2. It's been 10 days with no announcement. From that I surmise that she is not going to retire - if that had been her intent the announcement would have been made on July 2nd or 3 rd or 8th.
Sorry, all.