(and I say that as someone who usually agrees with you to at least some degree). But there is no way that seat stays open through the election and Democrats see Trump filling it as legit. I'd even go further and say the whole "he didn't get a hearing" is a red herring.
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“Didn’t get a hearing” is just recognizing that MM realized Rs would look terrible in that event. Obama called Hatch’s bluff and nominated whim Hatch described as a perfect moderate, Garland. Best not to let country see that.
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Garland was never going to say anything in a hearing that would be different from what the most far-left nominee would say.
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He would have looked and sounded moderate and thoughtful, if bland—yes, exactly. McConnell did not want the country to see what Hatch had understood to be true. This is obviously politically true, so why deny it?
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The advantage of not having a hearing is that the blame all falls on McConnell (who doesn’t care), rather than Pat Toomey or Mark Kirk.
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But also, I don’t see why any party confirms the other party’s Supreme Court nominee now that this is precedent has been set. McConnell would allow a Ginsburg replacement a vote under a D president, but not a Thomas replacement.
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I don’t think you could get away with holding a seat open for 4 years. Some day we will find out.
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But why not? Like I genuinely don’t understand where the pressure comes from?
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At some point doesn’t the public ball? I’m not in front of my computer, but I think from memory that the longest vacancy in history was like 28 months in the 1840s.
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