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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. won\u2019t retire until the Supreme Court overturns a roughly 30-year-old religious liberty precedent.<\/p>

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So says Mollie Hemingway, author of the recently released biography \u201cAlito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution\u201d (Basic Liberty). Ms. Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist online magazine, recently held a Q&A in Arlington, Virginia, where she offered her prediction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just going to speculate here: I personally believe, if you study his jurisprudence going back to when he was a federal judge, he cares deeply about Employment Division v. Smith,\u201d the conservative columnist and commentator said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see Alito on the 3rd Circuit working around Employment Division v Smith,\u201d she said, recalling when the conservative justice was a circuit court judge in the 1990s before being sworn onto the Supreme Court in 2006.<\/p>\n

In Employment Division v. Smith, the Supreme Court ruled that a state can deny employment benefits to someone who had used illegal drugs. The issue was that an American Indian worker had used peyote as part of a religious exercise and claimed that denying him benefits ran afoul of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not see him leaving the court until that\u2019s done, but that is me speculating,\u201d Ms. Hemingway said of Justice Alito.<\/p>\n

Court watchers have debated whether there\u2019s a greater-than-usual chance that Justice Alito, 76, or Justice Clarence Thomas, 77, may retire before November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

A court retirement with a GOP-led Senate would easily be filled by President Trump, giving him a fourth high court nominee. He had three during his first term: Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.<\/p>\n

In \u201cAlito,\u201d Ms. Hemingway details Justice Alito\u2019s role on the court as the justice who wrote the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that gave women a national right to abortion. The biography was published April 12.<\/p>\n

King and queen\u2019s visit reigns for chief of protocol<\/strong><\/p>\n

The White House official who manages diplomatic events said Britain\u2019s King Charles III and Queen Camilla\u2019s visit to Washington in April was one of the most memorable events she\u2019s organized in her roughly one year in office.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Monica Crowley, the 35th chief of protocol of the United States, called herself an anglophile, saying she \u201cgrew up sort of watching the royal family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, for me to spend that time with Their Majesties was kind of an out-of-body experience, as well as being at Windsor,\u201d Ms. Crowley said.<\/p>

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\u201cSeen, Heard & Whispered\u201d learned that the king and queen, who stayed at Blair House, known as the president\u2019s guest house, used a private sitting room as their dining room. Staff moved a table into the area where the king and queen could look into Blair House\u2019s beautiful courtyard while they ate.<\/p>\n

The Blair House staff was upbeat about having just had the king and queen stay there.<\/p>\n

Their Majesties spent four days in the United States, visiting Washington as well as making stops in Virginia and New York.<\/p>\n

Ms. Crowley welcomed them as chief of protocol when they landed at Joint Base Andrews. She also accompanied the president on his September 2025 visit to Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n

Former Laura Ingraham producer launches \u2018Dangerous Laughter\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.J. Rice, CEO of Publius PR and an author, has launched the \u201cDangerous Laughter\u201d podcast to fill a role that late-night comedy has missed, \u201cSeen, Heard & Whispered\u201d learned.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rice, who previously worked as Fox News\u2019 Laura Ingraham\u2019s producer before launching his conservative PR agency, plans to \u201cpunch up, mock absurd power, and transform political horror into humor.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to his Amazon author page, his clients include Ms. Ingraham, Ms. Crowley, President Trump, Don Trump Jr., Charlie Kirk, Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Scott Bessent, Jeanine Pirro and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., among other A-list politicos. He is the author of \u201cThe Woking Dead: How Society\u2019s Vogue Virus Destroys Our Culture\u201d and other books.<\/p>\n

The first episode dropped June 3 and featured Washington Times\u2019 Alex Swoyer\u2019s book \u201cLawless Lawfare: Tipping the Scales of Justice to Get Trump and Destroy MAGA.\u201d Ms. Swoyer and Mr. Rice spoke about how \u201clawfare\u201d has become the norm in American politics.<\/p>\n

The podcast\u2019s episodes will post Tuesdays and Fridays on YouTube, Rumble and other platforms such as Spotify and Apple.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Seen, Heard & Whispered is a weekly column taking you inside the conversations happening in Washington\u2019s power corridors, the moves being made and the whispers that explain what\u2019s really going on in the nation\u2019s capital. Email tips to whispered@washingtontimes.com. Click here to receive this in your inbox every Friday morning.<\/em><\/p>

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