So far the 4-4 court has worked just fine for the cause of common sense, showing how addition by deletion is a thing.
Today a 4-4 Court ruling kept in place a ruling that allows public sector unions to collect dues
Scalia would have made it 5-4 and allowed the anti-union forces to decimate what’s left of the union movement in the country.
Of course, it’s only a matter of time before an 8 member court bites common sense in the ass, but so far it’s a breath of fresh air.