[vitus]

Also: the court hasn't had a liberal tilt in something like 30 years (when Clarence Thomas replaced Thurgood Marshall in 1991).

Despite Anthony Kennedy not voting with the conservative bloc 100% of the time, he voted with them far more often than with the liberal bloc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehnquist_Court is probably a better timeline for when the court changed from liberal to conservative.