Justice Samuel Alito dismissed any speculation about an imminent retirement from the Supreme Court in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published on Friday, August 7, 2026. This marks his first public comment on his future plans since NPR mistakenly reported that he had announced his retirement on the Court's final opinion day.

The erroneous NPR report had suggested that the conservative justice was stepping down, but Alito’s statement to WSJ clearly refutes those claims, affirming his intention to continue serving on the bench.

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