NPR erroneously reports Samuel Alito is retiring, minutes after Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

WASHINGTON — NPR retracted a story Tuesday announcing the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

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The public radio outlet posted the conservative justice’s retirement shortly after the Supreme Court finished its term, announcing a key birthright citizenship ruling. However, the story was incorrect, and Alito did not make any such announcement.

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The associate justice joined the high court in 2005 as an appointee of former President George W. Bush to fill a vacancy left by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Trump nominated three justices who were confirmed to the Supreme Court during his first term.

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If Alito retired, the 47th president would be afforded a fourth pick.

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