Ali­to says there’s no per­fect time to retire while con­firm­ing he will recon­sid­er next year

Supreme Court Jus­tice Samuel Ali­to, 76, said he con­sid­ered retir­ing this year, but that he would be serv­ing anoth­er term despite Repub­li­cans‘ con­trol of the Sen­ate mak­ing for a smoother path to con­firm­ing a con­ser­v­a­tive replace­ment.
Rumors had swirled in August after NPR pub­lished and then retract­ed an arti­cle claim­ing that Ali­to would be retir­ing at the con­clu­sion of the court’s 2025–26 term. The con­ser­v­a­tive jus­tice told CBS News that retire­ment was on the table this year, but decid­ed to stay and revis­it the pos­si­bil­i­ty next year.

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