Supreme Court Justices Alito and Thomas not planning to retire this year, sources say
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Key Points:
- Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas have no plans to retire this year, according to sources close to them, limiting potential vacancies on the court.
- This means President Trump is unlikely to have an opportunity to make a fourth Supreme Court nomination before the upcoming midterm elections.
- Alito, 76, and Thomas, 77, are key members of the court's conservative majority, with Alito serving since 2006 and Thomas since 1991.
- President Trump previously expressed readiness to nominate two or three new justices if vacancies arise, but acknowledged uncertainty about when that might happen.
- During his first term, Trump successfully appointed three justices: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.
