Bonus: Is Justice Alito…Retiring?

Every once in a while, we offer a little gossip - as a treat - for our faithful pluskateers. In this week’s Amicus plus bonus episode, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern wonder: Is Justice Samuel Alito Retiring? They break down the mounting evidence suggesting this conservative stalwart may be stepping down from the bench soon. Like, this summer soon. And they run through some possible (and some…less possible) contenders for his replacement. Plus, they break down Pam Bondi’s testimony to Congress defending the administration’s mishandling of the Epstein files, and they flag the immigration detention violations that could be headed for a shadow docket showdown.

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