Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made clear she has no plans to step down, according to people close to her, despite calls from some on the left that President Joe Biden should be allowed to try to name a successor before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Maybe I wasn’t clear, but that’s what I was saying. He’s against Sotomayor stepping down.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/bernie-sanders-doesnt-support-urging-sotomayor-step-down-rcna179494
Because he knows it would be near impossible to replace her.