Will Trump Get a Fourth Justice? Speculation Swirls Around Alito

How a 'strategic retirement' could help GOP avoid 'dopey strategy' that plagued Dems

When Joe Biden was president and Democrats still controlled the U.S. Senate under Chuck Schumer's leadership, some liberals and progressives argued that Justice Sonia Sotomayor (who is now 71) should retire. The idea was to nominate a Generation X or Millennial liberal who could serve on the High Court for 25 or 30 years. But now that Donald Trump is back in the White House and Republicans have a Senate majority, the justice who is facing retire…

Judging the Alito retirement rumors

Is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito planning to retire when the Court's current term wraps up this summer? A quick survey of recent SCOTUS-related headlines might leave you with that impression. "Is Sam Alito on his way out?" asks the Strict Scrutiny podcast. "Is Samuel Alito preparing to disrobe?" wonders The Nation. "Will Trump get a fourth Supreme Court justice? Speculation swirls around Alito," reports USA Today. At the center of this…

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Will Trump get a fourth justice? Speculation swirls around Alito