Thomas must live forever - he may be the first true originalist to sit on the Court since before FDR (yes, I'm excluding Scalia, who embraced Wickard v Filburn when it suited him).
Thomas is great. Best up there with Scalia gone.
But he’s aging. You’re looking at THIRTY YEARS of another solid conservative. Versus risking a change to the left in four years.
Why role the dice?