Post by @MicroWave@lemmy.world

2026-10-03 01:14 UTC

Samuel Alito says he is considering retirement & could hand Trump another nomination Alito, 76, is one of six conservative justices on the nine-person Supreme Court The Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative lean wouldn’t change if Alito retired and Trump nominated a new justice. But Alito’s retirement would allow Trump to appoint a fourth justice to the court. Alito was nominated by then-President George W. Bush in the fall of 2005 and took his seat on the bench in January 2006. Trump has lashed out at the Supreme Court for several rulings against him on controversial issues like his sweeping tariff policy and his challenge to birthright citizenship. Alito sided with Trump on those two issues. The timing of a Supreme Court justice’s retirement is crucial because the party in power can change the court’s political leaning for decades.

Replies (7)

@adespoton@lemmy.ca 2026-10-03 03:09

Can you imagine if Trump nominated himself to the supreme court?

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@just_another_person@lemmy.world 2026-10-03 03:16

Lol. Better do it in the next week, buddy.

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@ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl 2026-10-03 01:36

Tracks for shitstain partisan judges like alito. “Not a political organization” then coordinates retirements with the party lol.

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@Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-03 01:57

If the democrats take the senate back it would be rather funny to see an appointment locked out “until the people can have a say”

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@HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.world 2026-10-03 04:39

Roll the dice. They don’t get more loathsome than Alito. Pardon me, for a moment I forgot that Thomas exists. Fuck it, roll the dice anyway. Maybe we get a non-lizard-person by accident.

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@UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2026-10-03 05:09

Supreme Court appointments? Congress? Constitution? These silly games yall want to play are so outdated.

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@KAYDUBELL@lemmy.world 2026-10-03 06:16

He’s just waiting to see how the midterms play out. Pretty much guarantee he’ll retire if the Dems gain a bunch of seats.

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