Samuel Alito Just Made a Huge Announcement About His Potential Retirement

He’s not leaving. 

Justice Samuel Alito channeled his inner Jordan Belfort to declare he’s sticking around, causing much heartache throughout liberal America. You can hear the collective groans. There was increased speculation about the future plans for one of the conservative wing’s most vocal voices, especially since National Public Radio posted a piece about his retirement on the final day of Supreme Court opinions in June. He’s told the Wall Street Journal he’s here to stay for another term:

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JUSTICE ALITO SAYS HE WON’T RETIRE, WILL SERVE ANOTHER TERM — WSJ

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) August 7, 2026

JUST IN: Alito Tells WSJ He’s Not Retiring — Will Serve Another Term on Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/Wz4cqjxq1u

— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) August 7, 2026

Samuel Alito says he is Not Retiring and will Serve Another Term on Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/UTLPM2Re4S

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) August 7, 2026

JUST IN: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito declares he’s “here for another term,” signaling he does not plan to retire this year.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) August 7, 2026

Yes, NPR took down the story and posted a retraction, but the story behind NPR’s epic foul-up was as unreal and sloppy as its supposed unbiased journalism. Nina Totenberg was again the face of this calamity, saying she misheard an announcement, but then that story turned out to be untrue. For goodness sake, call the Public Information Office, guys:

I had a weird feeling that @kellymcb was wrong about the circumstances of what happened on Tuesday, so I saved a copy of her original blog post.

Sure enough, after Totenberg’s All Things Considered appearance, which @brianstelter covered, the post was updated.

— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) July 1, 2026

So, to recap: NPR published an erroneous story about Samuel Alito retiring from the Supreme Court, then published an erroneous blog post about how the erroneous story was published in the first place.

Can’t make this up.

— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) July 1, 2026

And now NPR looks like total idiots. 

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