REPORT: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to Retire Soon?

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Rumors are spreading that conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito might be retiring as soon as this July.

The rumor stems from a curious move on his part.

You see, Justice Alito is planning to publish a new book titled So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and the Country on October 6th.

This is just one day before the Supreme Court will start its term for 2026-2027, which is causing some speculation about the timing.

Typically, Supreme Court Justices don’t publish books right when the term starts because they simply don’t have time to market it.

So, could this be a sign that he’s planing on retiring before then?

A report from left-wing publication The Nation dove deeper:

It makes sense for the justices to release their books in September. You have all the attention on the upcoming term, but the justices are free to fly around the country, giving talks and doing interviews to promote their books. May also makes sense, because the court is no longer hearing cases then, just writing and editing opinions.

The justices are busy in October. Arguably too busy to sell a book.

The publication date of the book makes me think that Alito is planning to retire at the end of the Supreme Court’s current term, in July. That would give Trump, and the Republicans who still control the Senate, time to appoint and confirm his replacement before the midterm elections.

Alito watches TV. He reads the papers. While the Republicans are still favored to hang on to the Senate, it’s far from certain. Alito turns 76 in April. He’s accomplished most of the evil he set out to do, including overturning Roe v. Wade. With Republican poll numbers flagging, I don’t think he wants to roll the dice and be forced to hang around on the court should Republicans lose the Senate this fall.

The publication date of his book is a giant tell. I think he’s leaving while Republicans still have the political power to replace him with another Sam Alito who is 30 years younger.

I hope I’m wrong about this. I don’t want Trump to be able to replace Alito with another Alito. He will likely retire by the end of Trump’s term anyway, but the best-case scenario would be for him to stay on out of the hubristic belief that Republicans will hold on to the Senate—and be wrong about that.

Now, typically, I wouldn’t give too much credence to a report from a liberal fake news outlet.

But, it might make a lot of sense for Alito to retire this year.

While Samuel Alito is one of the best SCOTUS justice we have, frankly, he’s old.

It might be logical for the 77-year-old to step down in order to allow for President Trump to appoint a younger justice.

That way, should a left-wing Democrat get elected in 2028 and something happen to Alito during their term, we don’t end up with another Ketanji Brown Jackson situation.

As this X user pointed out:

What do you think?

Should Alito retire soon?



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