Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed Friday he’s staying on the nation’s highest court, weeks after a swell of speculation about a possible retirement.
“Obviously, I’m here for another term,” Alito, 76, said in an interview published in The Wall Street Journal’s editorial section.
Discussion of Alito’s future hit a fever pitch in June, when a mistake by a veteran Supreme Court reporter at National Public Radio resulted in the erroneous publication of a previously prepared retirement story.
Honestly kind of a good thing. If he retired now, Trump gets to appoint his replacement, which would be someone younger and likely to stick around forever.
At least with him being 76, we can hope that a Republican version of an RBG happens and the next Democrat president gets to appoint his replacement instead.