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If you really want to control the court.... to ensure that for their lifetime the persons there will vote as you want.... you nominate a very close friend that you completely trust... or you nominate someone that you "have something on".

I mean reading somebody's diary written out in the form of legal opinions is okay.... but it ain't in the top two ways in my mind.

to ensure that for their lifetime the persons there will vote as you wan

A president has no idea what cases will come before the court in the next 30 years. Do you think anyone anticipated Kelo, CFR or the Patriot Act 20 years ago?

That is why you look at the person's judicial philosophy. A person that has an originalist or textualist philosophy will tend stay on the right road. A person that just happens to share the president's view on abortion and gun control is totally unpredictable in other matters.

I mean reading somebody's diary written out in the form of legal opinions is okay.... but it ain't in the top two ways in my mind.

What are you talking about? I am referring to studying their ACTUAL DECISIONS - you know the words that a judge writes when they specify their ruling and why they ruled the way they did. Who said anything about a diary?