I'm not taking a side, I just want to add this: The GOP held the Senate in both cases. Because the majority for a judge to be confirmed was changed from 60 to 51 in 2013 by Harry Reid in lower courts and again by Mitch McConnel for the SCOTUS, whoever holds the Senate kinda has their say there. If the Dems held the Senate in 2016, Merrick Garland would have been voted in within 2 months of Scalia's death. Because the GOP has the Senate now, thats exactly what happened. In past cases, holding both the Executive Branch and the Senate is almost a guarantee that the justice will be confirmed, like over 90%. When the Executive Branch and Senate differ, justice's have only been confirmed like 2/12 times.
DBonee the main argument the Republicans pushed forward in 2016 was to let the people decide the next supreme court justice, if you cannot see the hypocrisy for them PUSHING through AMY CONEY BARRETT 8 days before the election when they refused to let Merrick Garland in almost for a ENTIRE YEAR and say it's to let the people decide I don't know what to tell you.