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Ocelot II

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7. I would not expect either Alito or Thomas to step down at this point,
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:02 PM
Friday

unless health problems made it necessary. Why would they? It's a great job, and clearly they don't have to work very hard. And why would they give up the perks of the job, even the ones they shouldn't be getting, like vacations and motor homes that wealthy people offer them out of the goodness of their hearts and not to buy influence in pending cases? They also must know that their replacements are likely to be even more marginally-qualified Trump stooges than the three previous appointments, and who would want to be replaced by Aileen Cannon? That would hurt.

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