If Democrats ever hope to retake the court through the normal course of appointments and retirements, then having one less conservative appointment to overcome is valuable.
Potentially ceding yet another seat to the Republicans feels like the last thing Democrats should do in the current environment.
Having one less conservative appointment to overcome is valuable, especially if a young liberal justice can be appointed who might see Democratic control of the Supreme Court again.
It doesn't actually matter in the near term if liberals dissent from all the important cases with two votes or three votes—they're still going to lose.
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