Any SCOTUS sppointment is a roll of the dice. No matter how constitutionalist a judge my seem, there is always a risk of him going off the rails once he/she gets to the cesspool that is DC. Thst place ruins and corrupts people. Thsnkfully folks like Thomas, Scalia, Alito and so far Goresuch have not fallen into the swamp.
Any SCOTUS sppointment is a roll of the dice.
David Souter comes to mind.