Coaxing aging Supreme Court justices to give up their power and status during a window of political opportunity can be a ...

Conservatives are preparing for Justices Clarence Thomas or Samuel Alito – both in their mid-70s – to step down within the ...

Sotomayor is a solid progressive vote, but at 70 years old she's the third oldest justice behind Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Thomas would be 80 at the end of Trump's next term. Alito would be 78 ...

Lawyer suspects Trump may try to convince Justice Clarence Thomas to retire to make sure the conservative supermajority continues.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic justice and at 70, is not the oldest member of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court doesn't have any vacancies, but Republicans are keeping a close eye on Justices Alito and Thomas for ...

Donald Trump got immunity in more ways than one. In exchange, Republicans got more influence over the federal judiciary.

Leonard Leo, a judicial activist who played a central role in the Supreme Court’s conservative shift, panned rumors that two of the court’s leading conservatives might retire so President-elect ...

Republicans are gearing up to lock in their remake of the judiciary under President-elect Donald Trump and a new Senate majority, including potentially installing several more conservative Supreme ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, combined with the Republican takeover of the Senate, may extend ...