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He won't give up his power.

Is he really going to retire in the middle of a term? Maybe, but even more over the top political than we are used to.

Agreed. Mitch McConnel owes us 2. Time to set up the payback.

Guarantee we get Bove as the nominee if it happens

Great. Now we’ll be stuck with Aileen Cannon as a Justice of SCOTUS 💩🤡

I doubt alito is retiring. This is another election ploy to get more republicans to vote

Don’t forget about John Fetterman!!!!!

What does Mitch have to say?

Looking to replace him with a younger fascist judge. IT. MUST. NOT. HAPPEN.

If Dems take Senate, he’ll try to replace Alito during the lame duck session. And he’ll probably get away with it. Republicans are that obedient.

Alito will get his retirement... charged with high treason against the USA for destroying the Constitution for Donald Trump, his life will end on the gallows.

He’ll probably retire on November 5th and Republicans will fast track his replacement before January 3rd.

AND THE SENATE HAD BETTER NOT FUCKING CONFIRM ANY MORE FASCIST CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST NAZIS

He wants to save his sorry ass and get out with his Millions while he can. What a pathetic piece of shit

He'll use that carrot to get the decisions he wants before the election.

Alito holes the ship and leaves on the only life raft.

He’s gonna give #McConnell one more chance to fuck America.

Election interference - he's trying to gin up republican votes

Retiring before we can impeach his corrupt ass!

We have to win by a significant margin because of John Fetterman and a few others.

I don't think so. Stepping down would leave them personally vulnerable.

BINGO!! This is why we need term limits so they can’t game the system.

This is my real concern too.

Unless he picks Cannon (which is entirely possible), they will vote for whatever Heritage Foundation hacks he chooses. We can't hope for help from any of them.

Oh agreed, there's no stopping that from happening. We're not cleaning up SCOTUS until 29 with a Democratic President to expand the court. But it would be hilarious for both to resign only for the Senate GOP that have gotten screwed by Trump to block nominees before January.

Now you know those Republicans are not going to help bc they are bought and paid for. I don't know why people expect Republican women to care. They didn't do a damn thing about the abortion ban, but play dumb. People need to vote this November.

Plan B is still 13 Justices come mid 2029?

I wouldn't count on that. But expanding the Court could neutralize all their machinations.

Exactly. The time to stop this was 2024. We need to instead concentrate on reforming the court. That is the only way we get out of this and it should go without saying that it's going to be a long painful journey. We have to be as committed to changing it as they were to rigging it.

They aren’t going to step down with the docket already set. Their egos are way too big to give up that opportunity. Alito in the interview is talking about the end of the term too.

I dont like Gorsuch and Kegbro. But even they are not as nuts as those two loons. Them off the bench is a fucking win

Almost any replacement for Thomas would be an improvement

Vote Democrat 💙

Dems can pull a Mitch McConnell and not confirm bad picks.

All the more reason that if the Dems get the presidency in 28 they must expand the courts.

Oh! I knew I was missing something stupid. Thank you!

It is difficult for me to think of someone more reprehensible than Sam Alito, but Donald Trump has almost unique talent in finding such people.

Not for nothing, but Biden was head of Judiciary Committee that prematurely ended the hearings and investigation to vote and confirm Clarence Thomas to the Court. Voting Blue may help stop trump, but it's unlikely to fix, and is indeed part of why we have a "broken system." Vote in more socialist.

I still wonder what will happen in the midterm. Surely Trump and the Republican goonies will act in some still unforeseen evil autocratic manner!

This is my big question. If Dems take both chambers of Congress, and especially if they do so by large enough numbers, will they or won’t they do what needs doing? My fear is not whether or not they’ll be able to, my fear is that they will be able to and just won’t.

Thune is on record saying he could get a nominee on the court between election day and Christmas break, democrats take the senate get ready for this 17th century obsessed justice to announce his immediate retirement

Happy to get rid of him!

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Uncle Clarence won’t be far behind.

And expanding the court needs to be on every Democratic’s agenda.

Aileen Cannon is waiting with baited breath.

I bet they WILL confirm a new MAGA justice or two between Nov 3rd & Jan 3rd . . . Hell, they might even try to expand the court & fill up to 13 seats before Jan 3rd, since they know that’s what the Dems intend to do . . . they’ll try to preempt the Dems . . . I put nothing past them! 🤦‍♀️

A thousand percent yes. McConnell has established the precedent that the Majority party need not give a single confirmation hearing to any lame duck POTUS. Win the Senate and block all appointments until the WH is retaken in Jan 2029.

If Dems gain control of the Senate MAGA will select a replacement for Alito before they are sworn in.

I mean, I was predicting it going to SCOTUS and Roberts letting him do an end-run around the Senate and make an "Acting Supreme Court Justice" position. Since, you know, he'd only need advice and consent for a PERMANENT appointment.

We can call Tom Cotton, need his cell number?

and the bigger the better

Alito in the files would be a not surprising shock. Secret creeper? Dobb’s leaker. He’s the religious force (& Leo) killing the Constitution and ignoring the Christian Founders’ insistence on a secular government. His Opus Dei view of women is vile and his piety is based on patriarchy, not Christ.

Why make this announcement NOW? It is totally an election tactic to MAGA.

I suspect he’ll retire well before Jan 2027 (likely after midterms) so the current Senate can ram the confirmation through like they did ACB. I’m sure Fetterman will also join them in a ‘yes’ vote.

I did not think of this as a possibility. Hopefully someone has the energy to bring the Senate to a standstill for three months.

Exactly

Certainly. Not 60+ days turnover, just a few days or a week is doable. For this administration it’d cut right to the chase. If/when he loses, he moves out sooner, not later. ☮️

And after Democrats win the majority in the U.S. Senate, no Supreme Court justice should be approved until 2029. Mitch McConnell rule

Had a few of those lately myself. But these two justices are so ideological that they would consider which party would replace them before retiring. The way the polls are going, surprised they haven’t already quit. Maybe that’s the October surprise

Yes I’m sure he’ll say that for all the good it will do. He still won’t have the votes to stop it.

Cuz we know it’ll be Aileen Cannon. 🫩😒🥴

After midterms, the first priority is to impeach and prosecute Trump. The second URGENT thing to do is fix this corrupt SCOTUS!

You’re right. As for Alito, satisfied he’s done as much (damage) as he can do, he’s ready to kick up his heels and watch chaos unfold: Alito’s Inferno.

That fucker is probably getting tired of being booed and heckled. tRump pic.

He abso-f*cking-lutely gets NO MORE SKKKOTUS NOMINEES!!

Vote blue to stop these crazy fucks

We need the Senate so the bitter, little, extremist but either can’t retire or yes, the Dems can block another Christian nationalist or that cannonball destroying justice in Florida.

We could seize his communications and make his actions public

Such a disgrace and embarrassment to the country. A very sad legacy.

Retire or risk impeachment with a blue legislation. Wouldn't be surprised if his "next year" is January '27 when the blues take their seats and give Trump (and possibly JD?) the heave-ho.

I hope he just dies. Slowly and painfully.

As always, the election is about SCOTUS.

We must remove those inserted by a felon.

He sees the election polls and knows he is in big trouble. Time to run away.

Oh no! Not during this orange idiots term

He's not retiring, he's giving in.🤬🤬🤬

🇨🇦 Good riddance. But Alito needs to bring a few others with him when he leaves. At a minimum, they all need to attend refresher courses on the law and constitution. (And pass an exam)

It would far better if he weighed what prison he should be sent to

They're going to do it during the lame duck session before the Senate changes over.

If Democrats win the Senate, Grand Wizard Alito will immediately retire and the MAGA-KKK Republicans will ram through his replacement in December. They already did that same thing to install Barrett after Justice Ginsburg passed away.

Another scary, anxiety riddled detail to add to the load Americans are already experiencing. 😢

Well, that would be great. Except we cannot afford another democracy killer like him on the bench.

Alito also said that he is considering NOT retiring because he has "more to do." Meaning, he has an *agenda*. Justices with agendas are looking to change/overturn existing law. IOW: He's not done suffocating liberalism.

Lol. If the dems win the midterms, Alito will be replaced before january.

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C’mon. He’ll retire Nov 1, they’ll have his replacement in on the 2nd. (They’ve done it before).

They will rush approval of a new nom thru before Christmas. Maybe 2 if Thomas resigns too

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Oh please You think they won’t push him/her through during the lame duck For gods sake. They’ve already set the precident

He will shove it through in the lame duck session.

Yeah go

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He is planning his escape! 😏

What would be an appropriate retirement gift? I vote for a shiny pair of gold painted hand-cuffs.

We will win then expand the courts

Mitch is back: "No appointments that close to election!"

As you’ve stated before, if the Democrats take the Senate, Thomas and Alito are going to retire during the lame duck session this year. Trump will get two young fashies confirmed. 🤮

Our turn to play McConnell’s game. Can you imagine the howling from Republicans if Dems did that?

He will retire during the lame duck season, before democrats can be sworn in.

Damn RBG

Will he stay until 2028 then?