Dana El-Kurd
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 30 May
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That is the invasion theory.
That doesn't mean that James Ho may not one day bring his extreme views on immigration to the nation's highest court.
The two most far-right judges on the United States Supreme Court are James Ho's mentor, Clarence Thomas, who turned 78 on June 23rd, and Samuel Alito, who celebrates his 76th birthday on April 1st.
Court watchers are speculating that Alito might step down as early as October.
His wife, Martha Ann, has expressed eager anticipation that the couple might soon be able to openly express their political views, as though the Alito's opinions have ever been a mystery.
It's still an uphill battle, but the odds of Democrats retaking the Senate after the off-year elections have improved significantly in recent weeks.
Alito may want to retire while a Republican-controlled Senate would still be able to rubber-stamp Trump's choice for a successor.
Alito also has a book coming out on October 6th, the day after the Supreme Court starts its fall term.
Continuing to serve on the court would interfere with any book promotion tour, and such an opening might lead to James Ho getting a promotion.
But Professor Yu said that the fifth court judge shouldn't pack his bags just yet.
Trump has largely outsourced the job of picking new federal judges or promoting them to the far-right Federalist Society, and Yu thinks that Ho might lack the polish that a powerful lobbying group would seek.
I think, you know, it's not a secret that he's trying to get there, but I honestly think it's not going to be him.
He doesn't really fit into the profile of a person who would get there.
I think the Fed Soc, you know, the Federalist Society is basically the handler of that situation.
They would be able to, you know, screen name and, you know, make short list to the White House.
And so what kind of people they're looking for?
I think that they're definitely looking for a conservative if Alito
is going away, right?
They are looking for a conservative, but I don't think Justice Ho is in their favor because I think they are trying to find another person who is more sophisticated than Justice Ho.
If I may say that they wanted to find a person who is definitely conservative, but being able to rewrap the message with academic legitimacy and to forge a meaningful majority at the court to push through their agenda.
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