How an Alito Retirement Could Allow Trump to Reshape the Supreme Court

Will there be a Supreme Court vacancy in 2026? The November midterms are inching closer—and with them, the slim but growing prospect of a Democratic Senate majority next January. If any conservative justices want to guarantee that a conservative president nominates their successor, their window to get out while the getting is good is closing fast.Of the court’s two eldest members, it is considered unlikely that Justice Clarence Thomas will step down any time soon. The 77-year-old justice has sig...