Supreme Court Justice Hospitalized After ‘Falling Ill’

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was briefly hospitalized last month after falling ill at a Federalist Society dinner in Philadelphia, according to people familiar with the March 20 incident. Alito was evaluated and given fluids for dehydration before returning home to Virginia later that night with his security team. The episode had not been previously reported. Alito and the court’s public information office declined to comment on the record. The 76-year-old justice has since resumed his normal duties, attending oral arguments and appearing sharp on the bench in the weeks following the scare. Still, the incident comes as speculation swirls over whether Alito might step down from the high court. Friends told CNN he has weighed retirement, though no decision appears imminent. If Alito we