I can see Ann's point- Bush had not one but TWO opportunities to stick a REAL HARD CORE CONSERVATIVE on the bench,and he does not even have to worry about re-election.
I woulda sent up Bork and had a clone made of him for the 2nd job.
I would probably have done the same thing. One of many reasons I am not serving as POTUS. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail in this case.