The right has been pushing for honest, originalist, textualist judges. They wanted to counter activist leftist judges by appointing judges that wanted to follow the law to the letter and not put personal opinions in the way.
Problem is, that fails to actually advance conservatism or limiting government. A progressive judge will happily ignore or reinterpret law as they please. But a Federalist Society judge won’t. They’ll be hesitant to upset the status quo or establish precedent.
The answer to liberal justices is to get activist conservatives, not textualists. Or a cloning vat so we can get 9 Scalia’s.
It feels good to think these people would end up “getting a real job” but in reality they’re going to end up in some B.S. office position like HR, diversity consultant, or some other leftist rag of a paper.