Two comments: He will likely move them more towards literacy than conservatism; and it would be surprising if he does not substantially improve the quality of written decisions - O'Connor was horribly convoluted and vague where she didn't need to be.
"O'Connor was horribly convoluted and vague where she didn't need to be."
When I was in Law School in 1991, O'C wrote an opinion dealing with intellectual property. Since I was taking a patent/copyright course at the time the Prof had us study it. After 2 classes, he came to the conclusion that it made no sense at all. It didn't. IMHO, she was a token female in waaay over her head.