Your speculation might be right, but how can we get worse judges?
Just keep praying nothing happens to Alito, Thomas, or Scalia. Thomas and Scalia are getting up in years, and you KNOW that Progressives will fillibuster if necessary to keep putting Progressive Acitivist Judges on the USSC EVERY time there's an opening. Only hope Ginsburg, Breyer, and Stevens leave the court before the others, as Sotomayer and Kagan are there for the next 20 years or so. THAT is the biggest s&(* stain of The Messiah's Presidency, IMHO. We're stuck with them now and can only hope to offset them, so their agenda can't be achieved.