Justice Samuel Alito confirms he's staying on the Supreme Court for another term

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed on Friday that he will remain on the Supreme Court for another term, ending months of speculation about a possible retirement. Alito, 76, made the statement in an interview published in The Wall Street Journal's editorial section. Speculation about his future intensified in June after a mistake by a veteran NPR Supreme Court reporter led to the erroneous publication of a previously prepared retirement story, which was quickly retracted and confirmed inaccurate by the court. A retirement would likely have given President Donald Trump a chance to name a fourth Supreme Court justice. In the interview, Alito also rejected the idea that political partisanship affects his decisions, saying he votes in every case the way he thinks it should be decided regardless of correlation with what Trump wants.