Orrin Hatch is saying on CNN right now that he feels the need to protect the integrity of the Court by not having a nomination hearing during an election year. It’s fascinating to watch the effort to come up with some sort of plausible rationale for refusing to hold confirmation hearings.
Also, that it’s been decades since there was a Supreme Court nomination during an election year, as opposed to one month before an election year. Which, wow, there hasn’t been an vacancy in an election year. I pity the reporters who have to listen to this stuff with a straight face. There’s probably never been a vacancy after a Justice died at a ranch in Texas. There’s no precedent for replacing him!
