“Reliable” does not make him good or inspiring. Let him retire so Trump can appoint a new justice. I’d truly love to seem most or all of the long-service justices replaced.
Gee, I didn’t know it was the job of a Supreme Court Justice to be “inspiring”. I just thought they had to interpret cases, silly me.
What do you mean that a reliable conservative vote doesn't make him good? It seems to me that the baseline evaluation is how well the justice votes. Inspiring is great but only if right thinking is at the foundation. Thomas might not be a Scalia in terms of persuasiveness but he always votes right. The chances are that his replacement won't be as reliable.