Alito Confirmed

It is good to see Alito finally confirmed to the US Supreme Court. If Roberts and Alito do not drift to the left (as often happens on the court) then there should be a solid four votes on the Court that consistently respect the text of the Constitution and not their whims and policy preferences.

Kennedy now remains the lone swing vote. It will be interesting to see how he votes in the future. Will he continue to move left and sustain a 5-4 majority for Roe and other key social decisions or will he be wooed to the right by the intellectual fire power of Scalia, Roberts, Alito, and Thomas?

Only time will tell...