Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may have just dropped a hint about his retirement, and it could be as soon as July.
According to the far-left The Nation magazine, Alito is planning to publish his upcoming book, So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and the Country, on October 6th of this year.
This date is just one day after the Supreme Court starts its 2026-2027 term, which always begins in the first week of October.
Elie Mystal, a notorious race-baiter who regularly appears on cable news, laid out the case in a recent article:
It makes sense for the justices to release their books in September. You have all the attention on the upcoming term, but the justices are free to fly around the country, giving talks and doing interviews to promote their books. May also makes sense, because the court is no longer hearing cases then, just writing and editing opinions. The justices are busy in October. Arguably too busy to sell a book.
The publication date of the book makes me think that Alito is planning to retire at the end of the Supreme Court’s current term, in July. That would give Trump, and the Republicans who still control the Senate, time to appoint and confirm his replacement before the midterm elections.
Alito watches TV. He reads the papers. While the Republicans are still favored to hang on to the Senate, it’s far from certain. Alito turns 76 in April. He’s accomplished most of the evil he set out to do, including overturning Roe v. Wade. With Republican poll numbers flagging, I don’t think he wants to roll the dice and be forced to hang around on the court should Republicans lose the Senate this fall.
The publication date of his book is a giant tell. I think he’s leaving while Republicans still have the political power to replace him with another Sam Alito who is 30 years younger.
While Alito is the second most reliable justice behind Clarence Thomas, the prospect of retiring and being replaced by a younger conservative who could serve on the Court for decades must be tempting to both men, who are now aged 77 and 75 respectively.
Back in 2020, leftists were widely dismayed by the death of longtime Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away from cancer just weeks before that fateful presidential election.
Her death allowed President Trump to nominate Amy Coney Barrett, who has since proven to be an unreliable jurist following her confirmation in October of that year.
Unfortunately, Joe Biden’s presidency then enabled the appointment of liberal Ketanji Brown Jackson, after Clinton-nominated Justice Stephen Breyer chose to retire in an apparent effort to cement his own ideological legacy on the Court.
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