Trump Ready If Any Justices Retire Early, Citing Ginsburg

President Donald Trump said older, conservative Supreme Court justices might consider resigning while he is in office, invoking the case of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose refusal to leave impacted the balance of the court, as a cautionary tale.

Asked about the future of two older members of the court, Justice Samuel Alito, 76, and Justice Clarence Thomas, 77, Trump cited Ginsburg’s decision to stay on into her 80s and after repeated bouts of cancer, leaving Trump to replace her when she died.