I predict that Trump will name his appointee within a week, McConnell will fast-track the confirmation hearing and vote, and we will have a new awful Justice before the October term begins.
Trump's advisers and McConnell are not going to risk the possibility that Democrats retake the Senate in January and get a chance to take revenge for Garland.
Trump's advisers and McConnell are not going to risk the possibility that Democrats retake the Senate in January and get a chance to take revenge for Garland.