Really, all you need to know is that the name wasn’t Merrick Garland, and therefore whoever he is should be blocked at all costs because Republicans do not get to steal a Supreme Court nomination in order to promote a woman-hating originalist who maybe isn’t as witty as Justice Antonin Scalia was. But in case you…
Die on this field Democrats. The Republicans have already put up the proposition that the “consent” function is co-equal to the President’s power of nomination. One party or the other will now have to “nuke” the filibuster to make a Senate confirmation. Make them do it.