# Democrats’ gains put spotlight on aging Supreme Court justices

https://mins.news/en/video/130233

- Reuters, 2026-11-05 06:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCtFTMs3z4

> The Democrats’ landslide in the US midterm elections, which gives them control of Congress from January, has prompted questions about how long the Supreme Court’s two oldest justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, will remain on the bench and whether its conservative majority will endure.

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