The midterm elections are top of mind for Senate Republicans waiting on Justice Samuel Alito to decide whether he will step down from the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.
Alito, one of the six justices who make up the high court’s conservative majority, prefers that a GOP president appoint his successor after 20 years serving on the bench, and Republicans are gently noting that he could step down later this year with little risk to his legacy.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said “our preference” is that Alito, 76, retire while Republicans have full control of Washington, though he, like other Republicans interviewed by the Washington Examiner on Tuesday, added the decision was Alito’s alone to make.
“These guys, they make their own decisions,” Thune said. “But if you were going to do something, obviously doing it when we have an opportunity — control of the Senate and the White
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