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Posted on 04/18/2026 8:48:22 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is not expected to step down this term and has already hired all four law clerks for the upcoming annual term despite speculation the high court justice was weighing retirement, multiple sources said.
Alito "is not stepping down this term and is in the process of hiring the rest of his clerks for the next term," a source told Fox News Digital. Two other sources told Fox News that Alito is not retiring this term, which lasts until the Supreme Court's new year kicks off in October.
Justices tend to hire their clerks two to three years in advance, although that process is not necessarily indicative of a justice's retirement plans.
The revelation that Alito is reportedly not planning to step down comes after President Donald Trump told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo he is "prepared" to appoint up to three Supreme Court justices if vacancies arise. Trump added he has a shortlist of nominees in mind, though he did not mention any names.
"In theory, it's two or three, they tell me — if you just read statistics — it could be two, could be three, could be one," Trump told Bartiromo. "I don't know. I'm prepared to do it. But when you mention Alito, he is a great justice."
Trump said he thinks Alito, who has sided with him on most high-profile cases, is "in very good physical health" and called him "one of the great justices of our time."
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I know he’s good. But two need to retire this summer.
I know he’s good. But two need to retire this summer.
Why? Trump is older than any of them and he’s doing just fine.
Also, I expect republicans to win the White House in 2028. I believe a republican president will be choosing the those nominated.
Let’s not push out the best we have.
Thune's current Senate will NEVER approve a true conservative like those two.
The current Senate would give us another Traitor Roberts or secret Trump-hater ACB.
After the Mid-Terms, it is reasonable to expect at least two RINO traitors to be voted out -- Cornyn and Cassidy.
Also RINO POS Tillis is retiring.
That's three anti-MAGA votes removed.
Does it take a simple majority or one of those stupid 60 votes to get a new guy/gal confirmed? I think we are going to get slammed in the midterms, and that will change everything. I think Trump might have waited on Iran until after the midterms, but he says they would have had a nuke before that. So, who the hell knows?
In other court news, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has stayed the injunction stopping the construction at the White House. Trump can continue building his biggest and bestest ballroom.
https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/orders/docs/2026/04/26-5123LDSN.pdf
However, that's no reason for either Alito or Thomas to retire now. What I suspect is going to happen is that if the Republicans lose the Senate in November, one or both of the two oldest justices will retire so that Trump can nominate and the Senate can confirm a new Justice during the lame duck session.
We have a better chance in GA but we don't have a strong candidate to go up against Jon Ossoff.
There apparently are some folks who would rather have a Democrat than a squishy Republican. They’re going to find out exactly what that is like if the Democrats take the Senate in November. Or the House.
We may have 50 in the Senate, but for the time being that is all what we need.
Sotomayor... We need her to resign.
Fill that gap with one more Conservative justice and it’s a 7-2 conservative majority. Alito and Thomas can hang in there for the next Republican president and congress.
Maintaining a conservative Supreme Court is the only thing standing between a free America and a Socialist America. If the Supreme Court ever goes majority Liberal... America is toast.
Sotomayor... We need her to resign.
Need to keep feeding her sweets.
Republicans have to hold onto the Senate too, or it doesn't matter who is elected President. No conservative Supreme Court nominee will ever be confirmed by a Democrat controlled Senate. We can barely get one through a Republican controlled Senate.
Only 51. VP can break tie.
If we wait till after midterms, if we still have majority, it won’t be as big as now so it could be even worse.
I know it will never happen, but I’d love to see the Wise Latina™ retire.
Definitely. She’s always written nasty writings and talks bad about fellow justices and not just this recent time.many times.
I agree. Also consider we have a significant sample of Trump SCOTUS picks. So far their average is not worthy of Trump. We can hope that picks by Trump as 47 will will continue to improve compared to as 45, but that is not a sure thing. And would the current Thune senate be willing to confirm another Thomas or Alito? Another Amy Coney Barrett might be the best we could get confirmed. Better to incrementally replace Rats and Rinos enough to produce a true MAGA majority leader, shift the range of range of confirmable jurists to include those of whom we'd become proud and then vet the heck out of the candidates.
My current first choice, although I wish he could be younger, would be John Eastman. He's solid, a former Thomas clerk, and tested so well that California just disbarred him as their last ditch attempt to stop him. Hope Clarence can find 4 more votes to 'rebar' him! But technically sitting on SCOTUS doesn't require being a 'lawyer', he has plenty of rebar in his spine and noone would explode more liberal heads.
Thanks for the info.
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