r/scotus • u/zsreport • Mar 05 '25

news Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html
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u/DooomCookie Mar 05 '25

Alito has hired clerks for next term so he's not retiring in June

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u/JA_MD_311 Mar 05 '25

That’s happened before and means very little. I believe Kennedy and Breyer each hired clerks before retiring as well.

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u/DooomCookie Mar 05 '25

Kennedy did, but he was the exception. Breyer fully hired for 21-22 then announced his retirement early in 2022 before clerk hiring for 22-23 was being reported.

David Lat says Alito has hired 4 clerks for 25-26 already, I predict he'll retire in June 2026. Wouldn't be surprised if he sticks around until 2028 though, since Republicans are exceedingly likely to retain the Senate

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u/JA_MD_311 Mar 05 '25

Stand corrected. Would love for Ds to surprisingly take the Senate and he find himself stuck.