Post Nuclear could be really interesting.
It would signal all those judges that are with us, but maybe thinking now is a good time to retire! We would then fill the lower ranks with strict constructionists and originalists too!
Since the Dems will filibuster any nominee to the right of Leon Trotsky and treat them like they were Attila the Hun, it makes no sense to send up anyone less than a real conservative. Send up Janice Rogers Brown, and invoke the unclear option to get her confirmed.
Make it clear to the Dems that any bad behavior thereafter will be punished by legislation creating new judicial circuits, leaving the current 9th Circuit with jurisdiction restricted to Alcatraz Island. ;)