Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has confirmed that he is considering retirement, leaving open the possibility that he could leave after next year's term and hand another nomination to President Donald Trump.

Alito said in excerpts of a CBS News interview released Friday that he thought about retiring this year and will do so again in 2027.

"It's something that I think that somebody at my age has to think about every term," the 76-year-old said in the interview scheduled to air Monday. "But I thought that I could still make a valuable contribution, which is why I became a justice and a judge in the first place."

Alito's interview, the first in a number of expected appearances to coincide with the release of a book about his judicial philosophy, raises the possibility that Trump, whose judicial picks shifted the Supreme Court to the right, may get an opportunity to nominate a fourth justice.

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Yeah, no surprise. He's going to retire extremely soon and before the chambers possibly switch so a even younger and more conservative judge has his spot for 40+ years.

I wish him an unpleasant, restless retirement

Wishing him nothing but misery and bad health for the rest of his life

I hope the democrats secure the senate for the next 8 years so he either has to rot or resign

tik tock time is running out. He better hurry

44 minutes ago, RoseBud said:

tik tock time is running out. He better hurry

no, we don't want him to hurry just yet

Depends how midterms go. I could see him quickly retiring next month and Thune rushing a confirmation process in the lame duck if Democrats end up winning enough Senate seats to flip the majority.

This is all planned out in the background. It's so obvious.

I hate it here

12 hours ago, infrared said:

I hope the democrats secure the senate for the next 8 years so he either has to rot or resign

Won't matter. There are enough moderate Democratic senators to get another Trump nominee like Barrett in. While Alito backers won't like it, they are smart enough to realize that is the best they will get.

6 hours ago, chessguy99 said:

Won't matter. There are enough moderate Democratic senators to get another Trump nominee like Barrett in. While Alito backers won't like it, they are smart enough to realize that is the best they will get.

The Senate map is also just destined to be extremely bad for Democrats with every cycle. Because they either have to defend extremely stressful seats to hold onto or they have no feasible flips they can dream of making.