Alito 'playing footsie' with retirement as GOP considers 'political suicide' move: experts

Summary

A Supreme Court expert says Justice Samuel Alito flirted with retirement this fall, but Republicans are nearly out of time to confirm a replacement. On Legal AF’s “Unprecedented” podcast , Lisa Graves told host Michael Popok she believes Alito was “playing footsie with the idea of retiring or not.” Her evidence was the timing of his book tour, which he set for the fall instead of around his 20th anniversary on the court early this year. She added that Alito also seems to relish his role, and that she is still preparing for a possible vacancy. Alito has publicly said he has no plans to retire…

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