"THOMAS,J.,delivered the opinion of the Court, in which KENNEDY, GINSBURG, BREYER, ALITO, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN,JJ.,joined. BREYER,J.,filed a concurring opinion, in which GINSBURG and SOTOMAYOR,JJ.,joined. GORSUCH,J.,filed a dissenting opinion, in which ROBERTS,C. J., joined."
If you lost with Thomas, Kennedy, and Sotomayor, you lost left, right, and center. You are not one new Supreme Court Justice away from winning. You lost by a lot.
Even though Sotomayor was appointed by Obama, she's a lifelong independent. She probably aligns closest with the left, but from her bio I did not get the impression that she is a ideologue.
I think what the parent said essentially was that: "there is not much variety in the opinions held by SCOTUS justices so don't count on the appointment of a new justice to inject (much needed?) variety into the range of existing opinions that could lead to a policy shift."
"THOMAS,J.,delivered the opinion of the Court, in which KENNEDY, GINSBURG, BREYER, ALITO, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN,JJ.,joined. BREYER,J.,filed a concurring opinion, in which GINSBURG and SOTOMAYOR,JJ.,joined. GORSUCH,J.,filed a dissenting opinion, in which ROBERTS,C. J., joined."
If you lost with Thomas, Kennedy, and Sotomayor, you lost left, right, and center. You are not one new Supreme Court Justice away from winning. You lost by a lot.