On the following, I’d like to note that a Democratic president already has appointed a liberal-leaning justice to the Supreme Court. It’s just that the Republicans refuse to grant Merrick Garland a hearing or a confirmation vote.
Still, this is an interesting point.
If a Democratic president appoints a liberal-leaning justice, [Chief Justice John] Roberts would become the first chief in decades to preside over a court on which the majority holds an opposite ideology.
I can’t imagine that this would be very fun for Roberts. How does he react?