Justice Samuel Alito said he “thought about” retiring from the Supreme Court at the end of his last term following speculation about his potential retirement this year. In an interview with CBS News, chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford asked Alito if he considered retiring in the face of “some pretty intense pressure from Republicans” who wanted to confirm his replacement while the GOP maintained control of the Senate.
“I thought about it,” Alito said. “Well, it’s something I think that somebody at my age has to think about every term.” “But I thought that I could still make a valuable contribution, which is why I became a justice and a judge in the first place. So that is basically it,” he continued.
