Robert Bork was treated just like any other nominee. He was given a Senate hearing and a full Senate vote which he lost 58-42I can’t see it going back to the way it was
Republicans made it clear that filling a vacant seat was political and not a priority
The precedent now is an opposition Senate refuses to consider a SCOTUS candidate regardless of where it occurs in a presidents term
Nine judges is not necessary any more
As you know, it is Democrats who first brought Politics into the Supreme Court Nominations and even coined a new verb. Borked. That is what was done to easily the most qualified judge ever appointed to the Supreme Court. He was the outstanding nominee of President Ronald Reagan.
On what do you stake your opinion that nine judges are no longer necessary on the Supreme Court? The court has been at nine members since 1869 and it has worked extremely well. Are your points another typical Progressive effort to provide a solution to a problem which does not exist?
Reagan’s next choice Kennedy was easily accepted
That is how the process works
Denying to even consider a nominee is unprecedented
Denying to even consider a nominee is unprecedented
You are incorrect.