Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Majority Leader John Thune already said earlier this summer that the Senate would jam through a successor in the lame duck if the Senate flips and a justice retires. 313838
Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026(In his interview, Alito appeared to be talking about next year...but a Justice can leave whenever they want.) 18910
Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This would be a textbook case of a strategic retirement. Justices timing their exits to happen under a particular president undermines trust in judicial impartiality. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana... 617119
