Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was secretly rushed to hospital last month amid rumors that Donald Trump could soon reshape the nation’s highest court.

Alito was rushed to a hospital in Philadelphia after falling ill on March 20 during a Federalist Society event, CNN reported Friday.

The 76-year-old received fluids for dehydration and returned home that same evening. 

Alito is the second oldest Supreme Court member behind Justice Clarence Thomas, 77 – both staunch conservatives who often side with Trump.

Now, a liberal group is sounding the alarm that Donald Trump could soon appoint another conservative justice to the bench. 

Demand Justice, an advocacy group created to oppose Trump’s agenda, is raising millions for a preemptive campaign against his potential Supreme Court picks.

None of the nine Justices have announced plans to retire, nor has Trump shared any machinations to replace any of the aging members of the court. 

But Alito’s scare has sharpened attention on the age of the court’s conservative wing.

Demand Justice president Josh Orton, a former adviser to Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders, announced a $3 million campaign on Friday to oppose any Trump Supreme Court nominee, with the war chest set to balloon to $15 million should a vacancy actually open.

President Donald Trump walking past several Supreme Court Justices during his State of the Union Address 

Liberal group Demand Justice is looking to raise money to campaign against any potential Trump Supreme Court nominations. The two oldest Justices, Clarence Tomas and Samuel Alito, both lean conservative 

A sketch of President Donald Trump sitting front row at the Supreme Court arguments this week on his birthright citizenship case

All Supreme Court nominees require 51 Senate votes to be confirmed. Democrats need to flip four seats in the midterms to take control of the chamber, and prediction markets currently favor them to do so.

Orton believes Trump will act sooner than later to cement conservative control over the court. 

‘He knows that this 53–47 margin is going to be the best margin he has to confirm people who may not be the most appealing to the Republican legal establishment,’ he said. ‘It is, I think, just as likely that he’s going to nominate a Lindsey Halligan or Alina Habba–type than he will a circuit court judge.’

If Democrats do win the Senate, Trump would face major opposition to any of his hand-picked judges. 

Should Thomas and Alito not retire under Trump, and a Democrat wins in 2028, they would be well into their 80s, 84 and 82 respectively, by the time a theoretical Republican president could nominate their successors. 

Orton has argued Trump will not allow his second term to expire without locking in more conservative justices, and that the President is more interested in appointing loyalists than established circuit court judges. 

The Democratic strategist floated presidential adviser Will Scharf as a candidate fitting the loyalist mold, alongside Habba and Halligan, both former personal attorneys for Trump. 

‘If you think that Trump is willing to leave two of the three justices he thinks are most loyal on the court in their 80s past when he leaves office, you are not paying attention,’ Orton told the New York Times this week. 

Defend Justice President Josh Orton expressed concern over Trump nominating loyalists like Habba and Halligan to the Supreme Court. They likely would have a tough time getting Senate confirmation, however 

‘There is no way that Donald Trump and Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would ever commit the fundamental miscalculation about power that we saw from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Barack Obama.’

Ginsburg famously rebuffed calls from Obama and others to step down, dying in September 2020 just months before Joe Biden defeated Trump at the polls. 

Her death set off a frantic scramble by the Republican administration to fill her seat before Biden took the White House. 

Trump filled Ginsburg’s vacancy with Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who took the bench in October 2020.

‘We are making it clear to people on both sides of the aisle and to independents: who Donald Trump is nominating the Supreme Court is only looking out for him and not them,’ Orton said. 

The White House did not return the Daily Mail’s request for comment.