You seem to not be as interested in evidence of competence and smarts on her part as I am, and more interested in judicial philosophy, which won't matter. She does not need to appease the right, she needs to appease those that don't want another Carswell. Write that down. :)
She does not need to appease the right? These are odd formulations. The president left the impression he was of the right, did he not, when he specifically pointed to Scalia and Thomas as his favorite justices. And if the president doesn't have to worry about his conservative base, then why all the complaining? He didn't.