Health Scare Sent Alito to Hospital

CNN reports Supreme Court justice, 76, fell ill at public dinner, was treated for dehydration
Posted Apr 3, 2026 12:32 PM CDT
Health Scare Sent Alito to Hospital
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attends a meeting with Mons. Laurence John Spiteri, in Rome, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.   (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spent part of an evening in a Philadelphia hospital last month after falling ill at a Federalist Society dinner, CNN reports. The 76-year-old was taken by his security detail to a hospital on March 20, where he was evaluated and given fluids for dehydration, then returned home to Virginia that night, according to the outlet. Neither Alito nor the Supreme Court has confirmed the report, which is based on anonymous sources.

The incident appears to have been a minor one—Alito has seemed fine during Supreme Court arguments since then—but the scare is likely to ramp up speculation about whether he will retire before the end of President Trump's second term, notes Mediaite. Doing so would give Trump a fourth appointment and ensure that the court's conservative majority remains 6-3. Alito has been on the bench since being appointed by George W. Bush in 2006.

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