Scalia is not only the most-well qualified serving AJ, he also has bled for us and for the Constitution for years and deserves the job.
That having been said, what a total BALL-BUSTING MIND FU*K it would be to nominate Thomas for CJ and Janice Rogers Brown as his replacement, on the same day.
Sometimes fairness has to take a back seat to crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and listening to the lamentations of their women.