An interesting thing about these so-called rules is that they are made by Democrats to hamstring Republicans. It's good that McConnell turned it back on Democrats.
An adept Republican (if there is such a thing) can play the hypocrisy both ways: 1) the Biden way was to declare that the people should decide the next SCOTUS nominee through the ballot box, and 2) the hypocritical spin would be to say that the President doesn't give up his Constitutional powers in an election year, and if the voters don't like his choice they can vote him and his party out of office afterwards.
The Democrats have been masters at after-the-fact apologies, such as giving back tainted campaign donations after the money was used to win the race. It's time for Republicans to show the same hubris by discarding Democrat so-called rules, get their justice appointed, and then tell the voters to approve or disapprove once it can't be undone.
-PJ
The democrats said the rule was a bunch of chit when 0 nominated Garland. Now they act like it's as established as Judicial Review.
Trump needs to get in gear and have his nominee ready to go when the organ music starts playing on CNN.
The dems would play it that way. The Republicans should have the nominee on deck and confirmed in a week.