Clerks to Justice Alito - OT 2026 Hires

Is Justice Alito retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court this year? Jan Crawford of CBS News and Shannon Bream of Fox News Media have reported that he's not. And I believe this reporting, which is consistent with my past predictions. So has the justice hired a full slate of four law clerks for the next SCOTUS Term, October Term 2026? As of now, I know the identity of only one Alito clerk for OT 2026. But I've heard reports that he has hired at least two—and I actually wouldn't be surprised if he's hired all four, but word hasn't gotten to me yet. What about his colleagues? I have the names of all the law clerks for OT 2026—who will report to work fairly soon, in July—except for (1) one clerk to Chief Justice Roberts, (2) three clerks to Justice Alito, (3) two clerks to Justice Barrett, and (4) one clerk to retired Justice Kennedy (assuming he still hires clerks; retired justices are entitled, but not required, to hire one clerk). If you know of a hire I haven't reported yet, please drop me a line. For the clerk names I have thus far, please check out my latest SCOTUS clerk hiring roundup over at Original Jurisdiction (link in comments—the names are behind the paywall, but there's plenty of interesting clerk-related discussion in front of it). Thanks! P.S. Yes, I did post this two days ago—but I did so by posting the link to the story directly, and it didn't get many readers. I'm curious to see if this post gets more traction, a test of whether the whole "link in comments" thing makes a difference. #supremecourt#SCOTUS#law#lawyer#lawyers#lawclerk#lawclerks#clerk#clerks#clerking#clerkship#clerkships#justice#justices#judiciary#judicial#federalcourt#federaljudiciary #judge #judges