Trump’s election could assure a conservative Supreme Court majority for decades
The two eldest justices — Clarence Thomas, 76, and Samuel Alito, 74 — could consider stepping down knowing that Trump, a Republican, would nominate replacements who might be three decades younger and ensure conservative domination of the court through the middle of the century, or beyond.
Meet the Extremist Trump Judges Likely to Shift the Supreme Court Even Further Right
As the most partisan justice on the court today, Alito does seem primed to retire under Trump, probably this summer, to ensure an equally hard-right successor. Similarly, Thomas has shown himself to be a staunch Trump loyalist,
Donald Trump's Possible Supreme Court Picks
Several judges are already being mentioned as potential U.S. Supreme Court justices in the new Trump administration. Two of the most conservative Supreme Court justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, may face calls to step down to allow younger conservative judges to take over during the second Trump presidency.
Trump could bolster US Supreme Court's conservative majority
President-elect Donald Trump, who moved the U.S. Supreme Court dramatically rightward in his first term, may get a chance to rejuvenate its 6-3 conservative majority by replacing some or all of its three most senior conservatives with younger jurists - and perhaps even expand it if a liberal justice leaves.
What Trump's victory means for the Supreme Court
There's no indication of an impending court vacancy. But with Trump's win, Republicans will be in the driver's seat in making an appointment.
With Trump win, focus turns to older Supreme Court justices
Some liberals called for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire before Donald Trump returns to the White House. But Democrats would struggle to confirm a replacement.
How Trump’s re-election could impact the Supreme Court
ABC News contributor Kate Shaw breaks down how a second Trump term could impact the Supreme Court and future appointments.
Pollster warns of impact of Trump victory on Supreme Court
Republican pollster Frank Luntz warned of the impact former President Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election would have on the U.S. Supreme Court. “The Supreme Court, with the Senate going red and with Trump at this point more than likely to be elected,
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Justice Alito Has Already Set the Stage for a Supreme Court Election Showdown
On Friday evening, just as reporters were logging off, the Supreme Court let slip a clue about whether it would take up cases ...
How Sam Alito’s Monarchist Cosplay Explains His Jurisprudence
Given Alito’s infatuation with far-right European aristocrats like Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, perhaps his ...
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Justices tangle with meteors and Molotov cocktails to sort Meta risk disclosure obligations
The high court looked for a compromise between Meta and its shareholders but the requirements for risk disclosures appeared ...
Are Justices Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch ready to help Trump win the election?
The Republican-appointed trio didn't dissent from Friday night's order rejecting the GOP's bid to block Pennsylvania ballots.
"Women are not without electoral or political power": Samuel Alito's words come back to haunt Trump
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his notorious opinion that "women are not without electoral or political power." It appears we may be about to find out the truth of that. People expected that ...
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Liberals Just Lost the Supreme Court for Decades to Come
Justice Clarence Thomas is 76 and Justice Samuel Alito is 74. Since 1990, the average age of Supreme Court justices at ...
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Latest Alito smear embraces 1928-style anti-Catholic bigotry
New York Magazine and a liberal operative embraced 1928-style anti-Catholic bigotry by questioning Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's loyalty.
Alito rejects Cornel West’s appeal to tell Pennsylvania voters he is write-in option
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday rejected Cornel West’s ask for an emergency order requiring signs be posted at ...
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A Strikingly Non-Partisan Election Day Argument
If asked about alliances between Supreme Court justices, few would put the names Elena Kagan and Samuel Alito Jr. in the ...