{"id":2641989,"date":"2026-08-07T18:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alito-says-im-here-for-another-term-dismissing-retirement-speculations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:13:58","slug":"alito-says-im-here-for-another-term-dismissing-retirement-speculations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alito-says-im-here-for-another-term-dismissing-retirement-speculations\/","title":{"rendered":"Alito says &#8216;I&#8217;m here for another term,&#8217; dismissing retirement speculations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falito-says-im-here-for-another-term-dismissing-retirement-speculations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2641989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Associate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, aged 76, dismissed speculation about his retirement following a mistaken NPR report. The NPR article suggested he might step down at the end of the 2025-26 term, but Alito clarified in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he intends to serve another term, stating, \u201cObviously I\u2019m here for another term.\u201d The NPR story resulted from a misheard declaration regarding court retirements, leading to rumors about Alito&#8217;s plans. Despite being over 20 years on the bench, Alito is not the oldest justice; that distinction belongs to Clarence Thomas. He commented on the nature of lifelong appointments, acknowledging the unavoidable reminders of mortality, and dismissed retirement rumors humorously. Alito has supported several of Trump&#8217;s policies and has joined fellow conservatives in key decisions. the article also touches on the broader context of judicial retirements, highlighting how strategic retirements have shaped the court&#8217;s composition under different administrations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Supreme Court Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/samuel-alito\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1232\">Samuel Alito<\/a>, 76, shot down speculation that he would be retiring this year in the wake of a mistaken NPR report, reassuring the public that he is \u201chere for another term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rumors swirled about Alito\u2019s retirement plans after NPR <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4630543\/npr-retracts-story-announcing-alito-retirement-supreme-court\/\">published and then retracted<\/a> an article by reporter Nina Totenberg that Alito would be retiring from his role on the bench at the end of the court\u2019s 2025-26 term. Alito commented publicly on his actual plans in an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/justice-samuel-alito-practical-originalism-and-its-facile-critics-617d5642\">interview<\/a> with the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> published on Friday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4679773\/alito-another-term-dismisses-retirement\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Alito says \u2018I\u2019m here for another term,\u2019 dismissing retirement speculations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4675555\/supreme-court-next-term-cases-climate-immigration\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court to open next term with major climate change case<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4674211\/supreme-court-mail-ballot-order-democrats-chaos-midterms\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democratic states warn Supreme Court that Trump mail ballot order would cause chaos ahead of midterm elections<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cObviously I\u2019m here for another term,\u201d Alito told the outlet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NPR announced that Totenberg misheard an announcement about retirements at the court, which she mistakenly took to mean Alito\u2019s. The 76-year-old justice has been serving on the court for over 20 years after being appointed by former President George W. Bush, but is not the oldest or most tenured justice on the bench. Those honors belong to Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/clarence-thomas\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1048\">Clarence Thomas<\/a>, who was tapped by former President George H.W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the NPR story led to buzz about whether Alito planned on retiring, as a justice\u2019s retirement gives the White House the power to appoint a new justice to the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This occurred under former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"471\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s term, when Democrats held a majority in the Senate and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/05\/03\/992411437\/liberals-admire-justice-breyer-now-they-want-him-to-retire\">quietly urged<\/a> then-Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stephen-breyer\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1634\">Stephen Breyer<\/a>, a Clinton appointee, to step down while Democrats could still replace him. By retiring under Biden, Breyer, then 83 years old, could avoid leaving a vacancy under a GOP president if he died when Biden was out of office, as Democrats had learned their lesson from Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ruth-bader-ginsburg\/\">Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>\u2018s death during President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s first term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ginsburg\u2019s death gave the conservative justices the majority with Trump\u2019s appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> asked Alito about calls for his own retirement, Alito brushed it off as what happens with a role that is a lifelong appointment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not pleasant, in the sense that it\u2019s a reminder of mortality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4631686\/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-conservative-justices\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4631686\">SUPREME COURT BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP DECISION RENEWS CONSERVATIVE FEUD WITH GOP-APPOINTED JUSTICES <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s like, what are those vultures doing up there? They are flying around. But it goes with life tenure,\u201d Alito continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alito has sided with the Trump administration\u2019s agenda on several high-profile cases this term, arguing Trump acted within his executive authority when issuing tariffs in the case of <em>Learning Resources v. Trump<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >removing temporary protected status<\/a> to allow the deportations of Haitian and Syrian nationals in <em>Mullin v. Doe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alito denies retiring, confirms he&#8217;s serving another term<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2641990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26181668360329.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4430,4151,33211,7620,32275],"class_list":["post-2641989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-alito","tag-judiciary","tag-legal-news","tag-retirement","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26181668360329.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641993,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641989\/revisions\/2641993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}