The net loss is time. An old leftist justice is replaced by a young leftist justice. Each time that happens the likelihood of a near term positive shift in balance become less. We don’t want to have all the old guys on the Court. Fortunately Roberts and Alito are quite young.
Agreed. I almost posted that age is the only gain here, and that pretty nutty leftist is being replaced by a total nut, but the voting records will not likely be much different.