[dylan604]

One of them is there because Congress made up rules to deny a sitting president his legitimate right to make a nomination. So I would say that judge is illegitimate to a lot of people.

[psunavy03]

The President made a nomination. The Senate refused it. It's the Senate's prerogative to deny confirmation to the nominee.

[ceejayoz]

The Senate made it very clear they would refuse any nomination.

Which is a scenario it seems the Founders didn't really anticipate.

[dylan604]

There's a difference between putting a nomination to a vote and denying versus "we don't accept nominations in last year of an outgoing POTUS" yet turned right around and did it for Trump's third nomination. In that sense, 2 out of 3 would be deemed illegitimate on the same rule being applied in opposite ways. If you can't see the hypocrisy in that, then we really can't have an honest conversation