Read previewIn recent weeks, progressive figures have grown louder in calling for Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor to consider resigning from the Supreme Court.
Advertisement"I'm not in favor of telling people when they should retire," said Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
AdvertisementHanging over the discussion is the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in 2020 just months before the end of the Trump administration.
Advertisement"Taking into account what happened to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I get it," said Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California.
"Ruth Bader Ginsburg was ill. We knew she had cancer.
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