Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stated Supreme Court docket Justice Sonia Sotomayer stepping down shouldn’t be the “sensible approach” as Democrats float the thought of packing the court docket earlier than President-elect Trump takes workplace.
Sanders joined NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Sunday, the place he was requested his ideas concerning the thought.
“Is that something you would support, do you think she should step down?” Welker requested.
“No, I don’t,” Sanders replied.
Welker continued, asking if he had “heard any talk” concerning the thought.
“A little bit, yes,” Sanders stated. “I don’t think it’s a sensible approach.”
Sotomayor has made it clear she has no plans to step down from the Supreme Court docket, CNN reported Sunday after talking with folks near the justice.
Some on the left have referred to as for President Biden to call a successor, somebody youthful, to serve a lifetime appointment earlier than Trump enters workplace.
Sotomayor, 70, is in “great health, and the court needs her now more than ever,” one particular person near the justice informed CNN.
With 71 days till Trump’s inauguration, there are considerations {that a} Supreme Court docket nomination would take too lengthy and Sotomayor’s hypothetical open seat would enable the president-elect to appoint a conservative.
