Jonathan Turley: The left has reduced Supreme Court justices to 'just votes'

Washington George Washington University law professor and Fox News contributor Jonathan We’re going to get to this Trump push for that Judge Marshawn’s recusal and the travesty of that hush money case in a moment. But regarding this rather crass pressure campaign on Justice Sotomayor, you know, let’s not forget how they assured everyone how great she was when she was nominated. Watch The breadth and depth of Judge Sotomayor’s experience makes her uniquely qualified for the Supreme Court, her keen understanding of case law, and the importance of precedent. Judge Sotomayor is immensely qualified. We know she’s incredibly well qualified. She’s got more federal judicial experience than any nominee for the past 100 years. Jonathan, it’s only 12 years ago. They suddenly want to get rid of me? No, it’s an amazing transformation from the gold standard to junk bond status, ’cause that’s what they’re treating her as, that this was in just 2009. She was celebrated as the Wise Latina. Now they’re treating justices like they’re entirely fungible, that they’re all just lever throwing liberals on the court, and obviously they’re more than that. I mean, what’s amazing about these commentators is they give no consideration at all, that individual justices may have something to bring to the court, that maybe their legacy is more than just casting votes. They’ve reduced them all to just votes and getting a reliable liberal that’s younger. And this trend has been going on for a while until, you know, you’re going to have calls for the first fetal justice. I, I If we keep on along this line, I mean, it just you, you, you, you can’t just make age the sole criteria with ideology for the court. But Jonathan, this is coming at a time when poor Joe Biden, you know, has the the visiting angels with them going on and off the stage and yet Sotomayor, who’s completely with it. I mean, maybe she’s bored on the court. I have no idea what she wants. There’s reports that she’s kind of disillusioned, but that’s kind of convenient. But they’re pushing this as Biden is the one who obviously even these polls are showing people have eroding trust and his basic judgment on basic issues. What also shows how the the court has long been this island in which we it. It was able to exist outside of the rage and division of our politics. When we saw those billboards going through Washington DC telling Breyer to resign and his legacy is at stake. It was really a breathtaking moment for many of us. You know, I I teach a Supreme Court class and I love the fact that my students are from every end of the spectrum. But they all have a really undying respect for the Supreme Court. But they’re not seeing that in many professors, even Deans who are calling the justices hacks and calling for their replacement with younger models of you know, they it just you just need a 2024 model that’s going to last a bit longer on the road. Well, I just it’s clear that to them they’re just another activist at an NGO or at at you know one of their pet you know you know nonprofits and they’re that’s all they are and a super legislature whatever they want to you know regard the cord as. But so much for the vaunted return to normalcy of Joe Biden. I mean, they’re just ready to upend every institution, right? And you got to remember that Ginsburg was 87 with serious health problems. Sotomayor is fined. Obviously, she’s great mentally and she’s fine physically. Oliver Wendell Holmes was on the court till he was 90. Marshall. It’s Justice Marshall. Yeah. And I can. I can only imagine what Sotomayor is thinking. She’s like, Gee, I just didn’t think. She’s 69. I think it’s ageism, Jonathan. I mean, my goodness. I think I don’t think these people actually understand how they sound and the arguments they’re making, given what’s happening on their side of the political aisle. It’s just absurd. But I never thought I’d stick up for Justice Sotomayor, but I’m sticking up for it because I don’t think it’s fair. Jonathan, thank you.