{"id":31783,"date":"2026-08-08T02:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31783"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:24:24","slug":"justice-samuel-alito-confirms-hes-staying-on-the-supreme-court-for-another-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31783","title":{"rendered":"Justice Samuel Alito confirms he&#8217;s staying on the Supreme Court for another term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">WASHINGTON &#8212; <\/span>Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed Friday he\u2019s staying on the nation\u2019s highest court, weeks after a swell of speculation about a possible retirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cObviously, I\u2019m here for another term,\u201d Alito, 76, said in an <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/justice-samuel-alito-practical-originalism-and-its-facile-critics-617d5642?st=PPyaW8&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\">interview published<\/a> in The Wall Street Journal\u2019s editorial section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Discussion of Alito&#8217;s future hit a fever pitch in June, when a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/npr-retraction-samuel-alito-supreme-court-retirement-fbec47947f8efc496e0e744251e8729c\">mistake by a veteran<\/a> Supreme Court reporter at National Public Radio resulted in the erroneous publication of a previously prepared retirement story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The story was quickly retracted and the court confirmed it was inaccurate, but that did not stop the talk about what Alito might do. A retirement would likely have given Republican President Donald Trump a chance to name a fourth Supreme Court justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a rare interview in his chambers, Alito also discussed the state of the court, rejecting the idea that political partisanship affects his decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">\u201cI vote in every case the way I think the case should be decided,\u201d he said. \u201cIf that means a high correlation with what Trump wants, fine. 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