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2025年9月20日，美国最高法院大法官塞缪尔·阿利托在意大利罗马出席美国驻圣座大使馆举办的活动。路透社/温琴佐·利韦里 授权许可使用，打开新标签页查看
- 摘要
- 阿利托告诉《华尔街日报》，他打算至少再任职一届最高法院大法官
- 最高法院下一任期将于10月启动，持续至2027年6月底或7月初
- 在任何潜在的确认提名战斗打响前，共和党目前在参议院拥有53票对47票的多数席位
8月7日（路透社）——美国最高法院大法官塞缪尔·阿利托打消了他即将退休的猜测，他在周五发布的《华尔街日报》采访中表示，他打算至少再任职一届最高法院大法官。
“很明显，我会再干一届，”现年76岁的阿利托在该报观点版的采访中说道。
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最高法院为期九个月的新任期将于10月启动，届时将进行案件辩论并发布裁决，任期将持续至2027年6月底或7月初。大法官们目前正处于夏季休庭期。
阿利托和现年78岁的保守派同僚克拉伦斯·托马斯此前曾遭到一些保守人士呼吁辞职，这将给共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普提供机会，任命第四位终身任职的最高法院大法官。
特朗普在其第一任总统任期内任命了另外三位大法官——尼尔·戈萨奇、布雷特·卡瓦诺和艾米·科尼·巴雷特，使最高法院形成6比3的保守派多数席位格局，自2020年以来作出了一系列重大保守派裁决。
“这令人不快，因为这让人想起死亡，”阿利托在谈及退休呼吁时告诉《华尔街日报》。“就好像，那些秃鹫在上面干什么？它们在盘旋。但终身任职就是这样。”
最高法院发言人未立即回应就阿利托的计划置评的请求。
随着11月美国国会选举临近，任何退休事件都具有了更大的政治意义。如果民主党掌控参议院，他们预计将试图阻止特朗普提名的人选填补因退休或现任大法官去世而出现的空缺。
美国宪法赋予参议院确认总统司法提名的权力。共和党目前在参议院拥有53票对47票的多数席位。
阿利托于2006年由共和党总统乔治·W·布什任命加入最高法院，现已成为最高法院最坚定的保守派大法官之一。他在2022年具有里程碑意义的裁决中撰写了多数意见，推翻了1973年确认妇女宪法堕胎权的“罗伊诉韦德案”，这几乎奠定了他的司法遗产。
近年来他在多起案件中始终站在特朗普一边，包括对驳回特朗普实施全面全球关税、解雇美联储理事丽莎·库克和限制出生公民权的主要裁决提出异议。
当被《华尔街日报》问及批评人士称他是本届政府的橡皮图章时，阿利托表示：“在每起案件中，我都会按照我认为案件应有的裁决方式投票。”
“如果这意味着与特朗普的诉求高度吻合，那没问题。如果这意味着与特朗普的诉求毫无关联，那也没问题，”他补充道。
阿利托即将出版的新书《如此裁定：原旨主义者眼中的宪法、法院与我们的国家》定于10月6日发售。
（本稿件已重新发布，以修正第5段中尼尔·戈萨奇名字的拼写错误）
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Justice Alito says he is staying on Supreme Court for another term
2026-08-07T22:09:21.51Z / Reuters
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attends an event organized by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See, in Rome, Italy, September 20, 2025. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Summary
- Alito tells Wall Street Journal he intends to remain on court at least another term
- Supreme Court’s next term begins in October and runs until end of June or early July 2027
- Republicans hold 53-47 Senate majority ahead of any potential confirmation fight
Aug 7 (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito tamped down speculation that he could soon retire, telling the Wall Street Journal in an article published on Friday that he intended to remain on the court for at least another term.
“Obviously I’m here for another term,” Alito, 76, said in an interview published in the newspaper’s opinion section.
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The court’s new nine-month term – when it hears arguments and issues rulings – begins in October and will run until the end of June or early July 2027. The justices are currently on their summer recess.
Alito and fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, 78, have faced some calls by conservatives to step down, which would give Republican President Donald Trump a chance to appoint a fourth Supreme Court justice to the lifetime post.
Trump appointed three others during his first term in office – Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, giving the court a 6-3 conservative majority that has issued a series of major conservative rulings since 2020.
“It’s not pleasant, in the sense that it’s a reminder of mortality,” Alito told the Journal about the calls to retire. “It’s like, what are those vultures doing up there? They are flying around. But it goes with life tenure.”
A spokesperson for the Supreme Court did not immediately respond to a request for comment concerning Alito’s plans.
Any retirement has taken on greater political significance with the November U.S. congressional elections looming. If Democrats take control of the Senate, they would be expected to try to block Trump’s nominee to fill any vacancy created by a retirement or the death of a sitting justice.
The U.S. Constitution assigns the Senate the power to confirm a president’s judicial nominations. Republicans currently hold a 53-47 Senate majority.
Alito, who joined the court in 2006 after being appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, has become one of its staunchest conservatives. He all but ensured his legacy by authoring the landmark 2022 decision overruling the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had recognized women’s constitutional right to abortion.
He has repeatedly sided with Trump in recent cases, including dissenting from major rulings rejecting the president’s efforts to impose sweeping global tariffs, fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, and curtail birthright citizenship.
Asked by the Journal to respond to critics who say he is a rubber stamp for the administration, Alito said, “I vote in every case the way I think the case should be decided.”
“If that means a high correlation with what Trump wants, fine. If it means zero correlation with what Trump wants, fine as well,” he added.
Alito’s forthcoming book, “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country,” is set to go on sale on October 6.
(This story has been refiled to fix a typo in the first name of Neil Gorsuch in paragraph 5)
Reporting by Andrew Chung; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani
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