Chief Justice John Roberts, age 63, leans conservative but unreliable.
Anthony Kennedy, age 81, swing vote,
- Trump replacement coming soon.
Clarence Thomas, age 70, reliable conservative talking retirement.
- Trump replacement likely.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, age 85,
- likely to be replaced by Trump when someone notices that she has died (which may take a while!).
Stephen Breyer, age 79,
- likely to be replaced by Trump.
Samuel Alito, age 68, reliable conservative, could last another decade or more, but it wouldn’t hurt to replace him while President Trump is on a roll.
Sonia Sotomayor, age 64, far-left fringe voting “Wise Latina”, but a serious diabetic.
- Trump replacement possible.
Elena Kagan, age 58, far-left fringe voting but apparently healthy.
Neil Gorsuch, age 50, reliable conservative Trump nominee.
I would love to see a reliable Supreme Court that believes in the rule of law by 8:1 - with a sad, lonely Elana Kagan mumbling to herself as she watches President Trump’s nominees restoring the Constitution.
Alito is a very solid reliable constitutionalist vote who is good for another 15 years.
Remember those disasters like Sandra day O’Conner who were appointed by R presidents, and turned out to be liberals?
Leave Alito there as long as possible.
I wanna see Trump replace all of the Bush/Obama justices, then at the very end of his second term, nominate Merrick Garland just for fun.
Assuming Trump selects another Gorsuch-type, Chief Justice John Roberts becomes the new swing voter replacing Kennedy.
Gorsuch is 50? I did not know that. May he live to be a 100.