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Winning on Election Day is the best path for any political party to remake the Supreme Court.Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images Kevin J. McMahon, Trinity College It almost sounds like a bad joke: What did the 78-year-old male senator say to the 69-year-old female justice? “RETIRE!” That’s effectively what happened recently when U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut suggested that Sonia Sotomayor – the first Hispanic and third woman Supreme Court justice – retire so that President Joe Biden could appoint a younger and presumably healthier replacement. Blumentha…

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