[BigSkyFreeper]

and that a replacement Supreme must be the same ideologically as the one they're replacing.

Which is also a bunch of nonsense because they're not in a position to pick the nominee.

[juliej]

In other words, since Sandy Day O'Connor was a dope most of the time, the Supreme who replaces her most likewise be a dope (except, of course, when she voted in favor in Bush in Bush v. Gore).