Under Pressure To Retire, Sonia Sotomayor Ought To Tell Detractors To 'Go Pound Sand'

The effort to push Sotomayor out now represents a dramatic changing of the terms for a person nominated and confirmed to the Supreme Court. An appointment to the Supreme Court is, under the law, a lifetime appointment, with retirement left up to the justice.

Many are encouraging Sotomayor to retire from the high court while Joe Biden remains president so that he can appoint her successor. Geraghty counters that Sotomayor ought to tell those who wish her to end her Supreme tenure to 'go pound sand.'

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