Updated · Original Jurisdiction | David Lat · Jul 3
David Lat Publishes Complete OT 2026 Clerk Roster, Citing 3 Recent Alito Hires
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Updated · Original Jurisdiction | David Lat · Jul 3
David Lat Publishes Complete OT 2026 Clerk Roster, Citing 3 Recent Alito Hires
1 articles · Updated · Original Jurisdiction | David Lat · Jul 3
Summary
David Lat said he now has a complete roster of Supreme Court clerks for October Term 2026 after identifying the final three Alito clerks and the clerk to retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Three Alito hires surfaced only recently, including two to three made as recently as last month, which Lat argues undercuts this week’s false report that the 76-year-old justice was about to retire.
NPR retracted that retirement report after Nina Totenberg said she misheard a reference to staff retirement announcements and triggered publication of a prewritten Alito retirement story.
Lat’s roundup also highlights Adam Feldman’s clerkship data: Clarence Thomas leads justices with 12 former clerks now on the federal bench, while former Supreme Court clerks appeared on about 1 in 5 merits amicus briefs.
The OT 2026 roster still awaits Supreme Court Public Information Office confirmation later this month, when Lat plans a demographic breakdown of gender, feeder schools and feeder judges.