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.

According to a CNN report on Sunday (Nov. 10), recent discussions about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's potential retirement have been firmly put to rest by those in her inner circle, who affirm she has no intention of stepping down.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor reportedly has no plans to retire from the United States Supreme Court ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Sotomayor, who recently turned 70 years-old, has faced pressure from several liberal activists who say she ought to step down and allow Democrats to fill her seat with a younger successor before a second Trump administration takes control in January.

Some liberal activists have called for the 70-year-old Obama appointee to retire before political power changes hands in January.

A recent statement by CNN legal/political analyst Bakari Sellers has ignited speculation regarding the possibility of Vice President Kamala Harris being nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. During a discussion with host John Berman,

The CNN pundit Bakari Sellers suggested Sunday that Joe Biden should call on his ex-prosecutor vice president to replace Sonia Sotomayor as a justice on the Supreme Court. That hypothetical would be quite the career whiplash for Kamala Harris,