I give you credit. You predicted that Alito was a free thinker and would not blindly follow his consevative bretherin on every decision and sure enough, first decision out of the block, he goes against Thomas, Scalia and Roberts. Lets all hope he remains an independent thinker.

Conservative Justices

Scalia: 69
Thomas: 57
Roberts: 52
Alito : 55

Liberal Justices

Breyer: 68
Ginsberg : 72
Souter: 66
Stevens: 86

Moderate Justice

Kennedy: 69

So on the conservative side, the only one we really have to worry about is Scalia, but even then, he is about the same age as several liberal justices. So with Bush still left with three years in his presidency, liberals have alot to fear. Remember, all it takes is one more justice on the liberal or moderate side to step down, and when Bush nominates a conservative, that would make an easy majority of 5 on the court, making the remaining liberals meaningless.

As far as who specifically will step down, well I have been hearing rumors that Ginsberg and Stevens want to retire soon. I have also heard rumors that Souter would like a Republican to pick his replacement. So I would keep my eye on those three first, in that order.

Either way, these next three years are sure to be interesting.

My point with judges is almost exclusively moral. I think that citizens should be able to decide their own moral culture, not judges.