[Nero Germanicus]

George W. Bush also appointed Samuel Alito, as solid a conservative as there has ever been on the Court. Roberts used to be a solid conservative vote too. He has changed. It has happened throughout the history of the Court. When you give someone a lifetime appointment there is no predicting what they will do decades down the line.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

When you give someone a lifetime appointment there is no predicting what they will do decades down the line.

Earl Warren. William Brennan. Harry Blackmun. Sandra Day O'Connor. David Souter. Anthony Kennedy. John Roberts. Now Neil Gorsuch.

Conservatives have been betrayed repeatedly by Supreme Court justices who their presidents nominated. It's become expected at this point - liberal justices never surprise anyone on the important cases, "conservative" justices break the hearts of the people who voted for the president who nominated them repeatedly. We wonder why blacks would continue to support the Democratic Party after decades of betrayal and failure - probably for the same reason we keep voting Republican.