Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed Friday he’s staying on the nation’s highest court, weeks after a swell of speculation about a possible retirement.

“Obviously, I’m here for another term,” Alito, 76, said in an interview published in The Wall Street Journal’s editorial section.

Discussion of Alito’s future hit a fever pitch in June, when a mistake by a veteran Supreme Court reporter at National Public Radio resulted in the erroneous publication of a previously prepared retirement story.

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    6 days ago

    Justices…uh… have terms now? can we start enforcing that?!

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      6 days ago

      They don’t have term limits, which is what you’d want to enforce I imagine.

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        6 days ago

        they don’t have terms, either. If they did, they’d be leaving unless the current president re-appoints them.