# Trump’s Supreme Court majority faces looming threat after Dem Senate takeover: ‘Stuck’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trumps-supreme-court-majority-faces-looming-threat-after-dem-senate-takeover-stuck/
- Published: 2026-11-10T10:00:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T10:22:04+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-supreme-court-majority-faces-looming-threat-after-dem-senate-takeover-stuck
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Democrats are set to take control of the Senate in January.
- Republicans have a shrinking window to confirm Trump’s judicial nominees.
- Alito says he has no plans to retire; Thomas has not indicated plans to leave.

## Summary

Republicans’ loss of the US Senate in the midterm elections is expected to constrain President Donald Trump’s ability to advance judicial nominees, including any future Supreme Court appointment. Democrats are due to take control in January, leaving Republicans with a limited period to confirm nominees and potentially requiring Democratic backing to fill a Supreme Court vacancy.

The court has a 6-3 conservative majority, with Justices Clarence Thomas, 78, and Samuel Alito, 76, its oldest conservative members. Alito has said he does not plan to retire and will serve at least through the current term; neither justice has indicated plans to leave. As of 8 November, 28 federal judicial vacancies remained, with 16 nominees awaiting confirmation, and experts said Republicans should prioritise lower-court nominees before their Senate majority ends.

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