Justice Samuel Alito, 76, says he considered retiring after last term but stayed and will reconsider yearly

Political Guyentist · October 3, 20261 min read

Alito told CBS he "thought about" leaving but believed he could still make a valuable contribution, and he called harsh criticism of the Court from Presidents Biden and Trump "quite damaging."

What else Alito saidOn Dobbs: "it required courage to go ahead with that because of the implications."3 details

On Dobbs: "it required courage to go ahead with that because of the implications."
On rulings: "There are cases that have resulted in the loss of old friendships."
He described threats against justices as a danger.

What we’re less sure of3 of 8 claims

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Alito will reconsider retirement on a yearly basis.
A forward-looking commitment the headline attributes to Alito ('says'). The body offers no direct quote for it, so the wording is partly the desk's paraphrase of the CBS segment on deciding when to retire.
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Alito said 'There are cases that have resulted in the loss of old friendships.'
Direct quote attributed to Alito, but no source title or curated fact in SOURCES specifically carries this line, so it presumably rests on the CBS interview alone.
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Alito described threats against justices as a danger.
A paraphrase attributed to Alito. U.S. Marshals threat statistics and coverage in SOURCES support the general threat context, but no listed source specifically documents his remark.