As the possibility of Justice Samuel Alito retiring looms, President Donald Trump noted in a TV interview how the 2020 death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tilted the balance of the Supreme Court in his favor as the possibility of Justice Samuel Alito retiring looms.
Trump told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo that he has a list of nominees in mind to potentially replace Alito and maintain the high court's 6-3 conservative majority, without saying any specific names.
During the wide-ranging 35-minute interview that aired April 15, the president was asked about the future of two of the Supreme Court's eldest members: Alito, 76, and Justice Clarence Thomas, who is 77.
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While Trump said he didn't know if there would be a change on the high court, he mentioned Ginsburg's decision, the oldest justice at the time, to stay on into her late 80s after numerous bouts with cancer, leaving an opening for Trump to replace her when she passed away.
