Posted on 07/01/2020 12:12:33 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas may be planning to retire soon, according to rumors in the media Wednesday.
Robert Costa reported in the Washington Post that the Trump administration was preparing for the possible retirement of Justice Clarence Thomas:
Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative appointed by George H.W. Bush, is privately seen by Trump’s aides as the most likely to retire this year. While Thomas has not given any indication of doing so, the White House and Senate Republicans are quietly preparing for a possible opening, according to a White House official and two outside Trump political advisers who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private conversations.
In response to that article, Hugh Hewitt stated on the Hugh Hewitt Show that he did not believe Thomas would retire, but that he had been told Alito was considering retirement.
Hewitt said, as the Washington Examiner reported:
Hewitt suggested he learned this rumor when “people begin working the refs” this time of year.
“I’m hardly a ref, but I got a column in the Washington Post, and so they start working me about, ‘You know this person would be great if Alito quit,'” he said.
Thomas is 72 and Alito is 70 years old.
In addition, liberal justices Justices Stephen Breyer (81) and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (87) are considered candidates for retirement.
Therefore, it is possible that whoever is president for the next four years could have the opportunity to make four Supreme Court appointments.
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My two favorite Justices. I want them there as long as possible, but if they’re going to retire, gthey should do so while President Trump is in office so he can name their replacements.
Who would you pick?
I suggest we find out what they hve on Roberts, expose it, and impeach him.
I like that idea!
I sure hope they’re gone and the seats are empty - it might take more than a few conservatives out of their PATHETIC ATTITUDE (i.e., their claim that the GOP sucks, and therefore they want to hand the country to the Democrats).
There are a few, but not many.
More like BS in the media.
Alito sits to the right next to Ginsburg for oral arguments. Roberts sits to her left. The public can observe oral arguments. However because of COVID, SCOTUS currently meets remotely.
We need to be sure to thank GEORGE W BUSH for supporting Biden. Republicans are screwed
From a year ago:
At the Supreme Court, Justice Thomas Scoffs at Retirement Rumors
This year they tried to get creative and add Alito.
Its all BS, all the damn time.
Six months ago President Trump's re-election looked like a foregone conclusion.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg? She is more a candidate for joining her faux god, Satan, than she is a candidate for retirement.
She will likely be disappointed to learn that Lucifer is a porker and she is a porkee.
I believe the Dems are putting this RUMOR out there to drum up voters!! That works both ways!!
The battle is over.
The war rages on.
She’s a WRECKING MACHINE Rocky!!
This Senate would not confirm any Trump nominee at this point.
And after the bloodbath in November? I dont even think they will be in session.
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Rumor also say that Ginsberg wants to Self-immolate herself in Protest at Trump’s re-Inauguration.
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The left is having incredible fortune. POTUS Trump has a hill to climb. Biden very well may reshape the court for a generation.
If they are considering it at all, they should do it now and quickly.
“Again with the negative waves! Can’t you guys think of something positive and righteous for a change?”
God help us, Trump HAS to win and we HAVE to keep the Senate with some extras added on this year.
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