Originally Posted by
d2bets
Actually it is just the opposite. The next justice to retire is almost certainly going to be Ginsburg. She's as liberal as they come so it can't move further left from her. If Romney had won he would have replaced Ginsburg and that would be a serious shift.
Now if Thomas, Scalia, Alito or Roberts leave then we have a shift. Alito and Roberts are new, so very unlikely. Thomas isn't going. Scalia won't go. Unless one of them die, they're not leaving. Kennedy? Maybe. That's possible. And that would matter.