We need committed right-wing activists, just as the Left nominates committed left-wing activists. Sneer all you want at Sonia Sotomayer and her credentials - she’s a guaranteed left-wing SC vote on every issue. We do not need any more “textualists” recommended by the Federalist Society who are savaged by Democrats during the nomination process and who then promptly betray conservatives once they are seated. We need the right-wing equivalent of Sonia Sotomayer - a reliable vote for conservative causes on the SC.
Agreed. Scalia said of Thomas that he was somewhat crazy for basing his decisions on Natural Law theory. We need more rather than fewer Natural Law theorists.