[thesiniot]

That was before the Senate hijacked the normal nomination process in 2016.

The court has been an illegitimate and partisan body ever since Garland's seat was denied.

[InTheArena]

No, that process was broken in 2001 - and temporarily restated wit the gang of 14 - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_14

It's a much bigger problem then just this.

[JohnHaugeland]

> That was before the Senate hijacked the normal nomination process in 2016.

Yes, it was. What's your point?

Parent poster claimed that a non-political Supreme Court isn't possible, and in reality, the Supreme Court has been essentially completely non-political for all but about 22 years of its existence

[ohCh6zos]

The process was hijacked long before 2016. See "Borking".