大法官克拉伦斯·托马斯和塞缪尔·阿利托周三进一步与最高法院同僚拉开距离，他们是仅有的两位对法院拒绝让特朗普政府立即执行其在监狱中关于性别肯定护理的首选政策表示异议的法官。
Justices Clarence Thomas Samuel Alito further distanced themselves from their Supreme Court colleagues on Wednesday when they were the only two jurists to note their objections to the court’s refusal to let the Trump administration immediately enforce its preferred policy on gender-affirming care in prison.
法院未署名的命令未包含多数派或持异议的两位大法官的解释。尽管如此，这仍是托马斯和阿利托支持政府的最新数据点，即使他们的共和党同僚任命的大法官——包括特朗普总统自己任命的三位大法官——拒绝这样做。
The court’s unsigned order contained no explanation from the majority or the dissenting duo. Still, it’s the latest data point showing Thomas and Alito backing the administration even when their fellow GOP appointees — including President Donald Trump’s own three appointees — decline to do so.
周三的命令紧随上个月最高法院驳回特朗普针对中期选举的邮寄选票限制要求之后。那次失利导致总统抨击法院，包括他自己任命的大法官，同时称托马斯和阿利托为“传奇人物”。
Wednesday’s order follows last month’s Supreme Court rejection of Trump’s desired mail-ballot restrictions for the midterm elections. That loss led the president to lash out at the court, including his own appointees, while calling Thomas and Alito “legends.”
在最近发布的哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访中，被问及《华尔街日报》一项显示阿利托比任何同僚更倾向于支持特朗普的研究时，这位大法官表示，他“不是试图通过判决案件来帮助特朗普总统”。无论他或托马斯的意图如何，他们最新的行动凸显了他们在其他大法官不支持时投票支持总统立场的模式。他们的投票发生在不到两周后迅速临近的选举日之前，选民将决定哪个党派将在可预见的未来控制参议院对大法官的确认。
Asked during a recently published CBS News interview about a Wall Street Journal study showing that Alito sided with Trump more than any of his colleagues, the justice said he’s “not trying to decide cases to help President Trump.”Whatever his or Thomas’ intentions, their latest actions spotlight their dynamic of voting for the president’s position when other justices don’t. Their votes come ahead of the rapidly approaching Election Day in less than two weeks, with voters set to determine which party will control Senate confirmation of justices for the near future.
阿利托表示，即使民主党重夺参议院控制权，他也至少将留任至本法院任期结束。
Alito said he’s staying on the court at least through this court term, even if Democrats win back Senate control.
托马斯同样没有发出即将退休的信号。如果他留任至下一个任期，将成为历史上任职时间最长的大法官。托马斯和阿利托已年近八旬，是现任大法官中最年长的两位，但按历史标准来看并不算太老。然而，如果特朗普在2029年卸任前有机会任命他们的继任者或其他大法官，他们最近的投票凸显了为何他很可能会以他们为蓝本挑选下一任大法官，而非迄今他已任命的那些大法官——后者在一系列重大案件中支持过他，但并非在所有案件中都如此。
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Thomas has likewise not signaled that he is stepping down imminently. If he stays on the court through the next term, he will become the longest-serving justice ever. In their late 70s, Thomas and Alito are the two eldest members of the current court, but they aren’t very old by historical standards Yet if Trump has an opportunity to appoint their successors or any other justices before he leaves office in 2029, their latest votes underscore why he will likely model his next selection(s) on them, rather than on the justices he has put on the bench thus far, who have backed him in a series of significant cases but not all of them to the Deadline: Legal newsletter for expert analysis on the top legal stories of the week, including updates from the Supreme Court and developments in the Trump administration’s legal cases.
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