found online by Raymond
From Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger:
When President Obama nominated a replacement justice after the death of Antonin Scalia, the Senate Republicans decided to play politics and refuse to even consider the nomination. It didn’t matter to them that the president had nominated a moderate (Merrick Garland) who in the past had been praised by both parties. They wanted to hold out in the hope that a Republican would be elected president this year, and that Republican would nominate a far-right candidate to replace Scalia.
That action now seems to be backfiring on them.