Overview
- Politico reported that some Republicans want Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas to consider stepping down before the midterms so the president could name successors while the party controls the Senate.
- Trump told Politico, “I hope they stay,” and called both justices “fantastic.”
- A source close to Alito told the Wall Street Journal in November 2024 that he has no plans to retire anytime soon.
- Justice Clarence Thomas has faced scrutiny after Jan. 6 investigators revealed Ginni Thomas urged Mark Meadows to challenge the 2020 result, prompting 2022 calls from some House Democrats for his resignation or impeachment.
- Alito, 75, was appointed in 2006 by President George W. Bush, and Thomas, 77, was appointed in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush, making them the court’s oldest conservative justices.