Is anyone else under the impression this is just going to further cement the right-wing-nut majority on the Supreme Court for 40 years?

Kennedy was the only genuinely party neutral Jurist appointed by either party. They are going to replace him with another Gorusch ASAP to avoid the risk of losing in Nov.

That leads to 5 Party-Before-Country Justices sitting on the Supreme Court with the same ideological bent (GOP).