Trump praises Alitos commitment to stay on Supreme Court: One of the greatest of all time

In a late-night social media post, President Donald Trump celebrated Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s decision to remain on the bench for another term.Trump’s celebration of the 76-year-old conservative stalwart’s decision to put off retirement comes as the midterms raise the stakes over how long Republicans will retain the Senate majority needed to confirm any eventual successor.“Great news for our Country! Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has announced that he is staying for another Term,” Trump wrote Monday night on Truth Social.“He is one of the Greatest of All Time.

We are all lucky!”Alito confirmed last week that he plans to remain on the nation’s highest court for its coming term, batting down months of speculation that he could retire while Trump is in the White House and Republicans still control the Senate.“Obviously, I’m here for another term,” Alito said in an interview published by The Wall Street Journal.The Supreme Court’s next term begins in October and typically concludes with its final opinions in late June or early July.The justices are currently on their summer recess.Alito and fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, 78, have faced some calls from conservatives to step down, which would give Trump one potential last chance to appoint a fourth Supreme Court justice to the lifetime post.Trump appointed three others during his first term in office – Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett – giving the court a 6-3 conservative majority that has issued a series of major rulings since 2020.“It’s not pleasant, in the sense that it’s a reminder of mortality,” Alito told the Journal about the calls to retire.

“It’s like, what are those vultures doing up there? They are flying around.But it goes with life tenure.”The window to replace one of the court’s oldest conservative justices with a younger jurist who could potentially remain on the bench for decades might narrow considerabl...