WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed Friday he鈥檚 staying on the nation鈥檚 highest court, weeks after a swell of speculation about a possible retirement.
鈥淥bviously, I鈥檓 here for another term,鈥� Alito, 76, said in an in The Wall Street Journal鈥檚 editorial section.
Discussion of Alito’s future hit a fever pitch in June, when a Supreme Court reporter at National Public Radio resulted in the erroneous publication of a previously prepared retirement story.
The story was quickly retracted and the court confirmed it was inaccurate, but that did not stop the talk about what Alito might do. A retirement would likely have given Republican President Donald Trump a chance to name a fourth Supreme Court justice.
In a rare interview in his chambers, Alito also discussed the state of the court, rejecting the idea that political partisanship affects his decisions.
鈥淚 vote in every case the way I think the case should be decided,鈥� he said. 鈥淚f that means a high correlation with what Trump wants, fine. If it means zero correlation with what Trump wants, fine as well.鈥�
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