Posted on 11/12/2024 1:49:14 PM PST by DFG
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito does not intend to retire in light of President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Trump’s election sparked speculation Alito and Thomas, 74 and 76 years old, respectively, would retire to enable Trump to appoint younger conservative justices to the bench. However, people close to the justice told the WSJ this is not a factor in Alito’s plans.
“Despite what some people may think, this is a man who has never thought about this job from a political perspective,” an individual close to Alito told the WSJ. “The idea that he’s going to retire for political considerations is not consistent with who he is.”
Alito already hired a law clerk for the 2025-2026 term and will likely have the rest within the next few months, the WSJ reported.
Conservative legal activist and Federalist Society leader Leonard Leo called speculation about justices’ retirements “crass” in a Friday statement.
“No one other than Justices Thomas and Alito knows when or if they will retire, and talking about them like meat that has reached its expiration date is unwise, uninformed and frankly just crass,” Leo said, according to CNN.
During his first term, Trump had Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to the Supreme Court, along with over 200 federal judges. He’s slated to begin his second term with fewer available vacancies.
With the Republican Senate majority, Trump should have an easier time getting his appointees confirmed.
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If they did, they wouldn’t tell anyone because they have two years to decide.
Make sure she gets her boosters.
Time for the RAT turd rollers to get Anita Hill and Gloria Allred cranked up. “Me Too! 2” Coming to a kangaroo court near you.
Vance can replace alito or thomas.
sotomayor is the prize latrina...
“this is a man who has never thought about this job from a political perspective”
It is merely a coincidence that every justice who has retired recently has done so during a presidency of the party they are most associated with.
I suspect Judge Thomas would be ready to retire.
He’s been sent through the wringer and back again, starting with, of all people, Joe Biden! “A High Tech Lynching”.
i mean, Vance can choose their successors...
sorry.
ben carson for Supreme Court Justice.
Dr Carson is 72, maybe too old...
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Oookay. This article is just a bit old. :-)
Has he ever said anything about it?
Ridiculous....Cruz would be the logical choice.
They should do it for the team but what do I know?
Vance is an assumption at this point.
Carson has no background in law.
I don’t see our Republican Senators openly pushing for them to retire unlike the Democrats crass suggestions to Sotomayor.
“Carson has no background in law.”
The same could be said about Sotomayo and and Ketanji Jackson. (Kagan is a lib, but she at least knows the law; whether she applies it correctly, is a separate question. Same for Roberts.)
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