Presidential elections since 1980 have been pivotal for this very reason. We still need some more Thomas & Scalias on the court. I haven’t gotten sufficient reads on Roberts and Alito yet to opine as to where their Constitution credentials are... but so far, seems pretty good.
Have you read any SCOTUS decisions of the past few months?
Yes, however Souter has been a complete disaster and I’m stil waiting for John Sununu to explain his recommendation. Anthony Kennedy is another in this mold.