Samuel Alito Reveals Supreme Court Battles and Addresses Retirement

Samuel Alito reveals Supreme Court battles and addresses retirement

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito revealed some of the biggest challenges ahead, as he addressed rumors of his retirement.

Stephen L. Carter: Alito’s retirement plans are his to make

There’s an episode of "The West Wing" where the White House tries to get the ailing chief justice of the United States, a liberal firebrand, to step down so that President Josiah Bartlet can appoint a younger replacement. Otherwise, as…

Alito 'playing footsie' with retirement as GOP considers 'political suicide' move: experts

A Supreme Court expert says Justice Samuel Alito flirted with retirement this fall, but Republicans are nearly out of time to confirm a replacement.On Legal AF’s “Unprecedented” podcast, Lisa Graves told host Michael Popok she believes Alito was “playing footsie with the idea of retiring or not.” Her evidence was the timing of his book tour, which he set for the fall instead of around his 20th anniversary on the court early this year. She added …

Ex-prosecutor warns Alito close to repeating RBG’s defining mistake

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has long put off plans to potentially retire from the Supreme Court, and as one former federal prosecutor argued for The Hill, this may now have set him up to make the same mistake that ended up staining the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. James D. Zirin is a legal analyst and former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, who frequently publishes columns for The Hill. In his latest piece from T…