We can pack the court to beat this advantage, if we win the House, Senate, and Presidency in 2016.
Roberts is 57 Scalia is 76 Kennedy is 75 Thomas is 63 Ginsburg is 79 Breyer is 73 Alito is 61 Sotomayer is 57 Kagan is 51
Scalia and Kennedy are old. They seem in good health, but how long does that last? They could live for 20 more years or die tomorrow. I don't know. Breyer and Ginsburg are old, and Ginsburg's fighting pancreatic cancer. She's outlasted most with it so far, and I hope she has plenty of quality time, not just because Obama's in office. If Breyer and Ginsburg retire under Obama, then we're playing defense on the court for probably 25 years. If Kennedy or Scalia retire or die during Obama's reign of terror, we WILL be screwed. We may still be screwed with Romney if he's the nominee, but we will screwed by Obama.
Kagan and Sotomayer replaced Stevens and Souter, so all we lost was time. The left played defense well with those two, and Bush gained slightly when O'Connor and Rehnquist was replaced with Roberts and Alito.