Re: “White was one of the original dissenters in Roe vs. Wade and that established his conservative credentials.”
I agree that White made some Conservative decisions, e.g. Roe, Miranda, and on limiting judicial power.
On the other hand, he voted with the Liberals much more often than with the Conservatives.
Please remember that White was the Colorado chairman of JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign, and that Al Gore asked White to swear him in as Vice President in 1993.
Also, White was easily confirmed in 1962, when the U.S. Senate was 65% Democrat.
I’ll repeat it one more time:
“White was one of the original dissenters in Roe vs. Wade”
Gorsuch clerked for White. Gorsuch was a friend of Scalia.
Gorsuch was endorsed by a long list of conservative originalists. He has a long track record as a judge and you can’t point to a single liberal decision.