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Supreme Court’s Alito Says Democratic Senate Win Won’t Prompt Him to Retire

Justice Samuel Alito said he plans to remain on the Supreme Court even if Democrats capture the Senate in next month’s midterms, dismissing speculation that he might quickly retire to ensure Donald Trump can get a successor confirmed.

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Bloomberg· Oct 6, 4:01 AMSupreme Court’s Alito Says Democratic Senate Win Won’t Prompt Him to Retire

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Supreme Court Justice Alito said he's 'thought about' retirement as Senate control hangs in balanceThe Senate could flip to Democrats after November's midterm election, jeopardizing a potential Supreme Court nomination by President Donald Trump.

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Alito Reveals He Considered Retirement, Will Revisit Decision Each TermJustice Samuel Alito said he considered retiring this year but decided to stay because he believed he could still contribute to the court.

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Justice Samuel Alito says he’s not retiring ‘for another term’Justice Samuel Alito, one of the Supreme Court’s staunchest conservatives, does not plan to retire before the court finishes its upcoming session, he said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Friday.

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Justice Alito says he won’t retire during lame-duck session of CongressThat window probably would be the last chance for President Donald Trump to get a conservative successor to the 76-year-old justice confirmed by the Senate if Democrats take the upper chamber.

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Threat of abrupt Alito and Thomas retirements has conservatives panicked over backlashRepublicans are weighing whether elderly Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito could announce their retirements right after next month’s midterm election, according to Politico, and whether that would help or hurt the party.On one hand, a departure could let President Donald Trump ...

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Replacing Alito on the court? It’s if, not whenSamuel A. Alito Jr., seen here at left alongside other Supreme Court justices at Trump’s inauguration ceremonies in 2025, has said he’s weighing retirement but sticking around for the current term.

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