U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said that he will not retire during the court’s current term.
This is the second time in two months the justice has said publicly that he will not retire during the court’s new annual session, which began Oct. 5.
“I intend to stick around through this term,” Alito told Bloomberg News in an exclusive interview published on Oct. 6. “I made that decision many months ago.”
The conservative jurist brushed aside speculation that he would retire early to allow President Donald Trump to fill his seat after the Nov. 3 congressional elections but before the new Congress is seated in early January. Rumors of Alito’s possible departure have grown as polls suggest the battle for control of the U.S. Senate, which confirms judicial nominees, is in a dead heat….