[Maru]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

There is no rush to confirm him. They have a queue of other conservative judges a mile long that would get accepted. If there is even an element of doubt on this guy, he just shouldnt be accepted.

That's not how it's worked out in recent memory. Probably anyone new would go through similarly intense scrutiny and the opposing side will use every tactic/smear tactic to slow the nomination down. Especially this close to November... for example, Merrick Garland... these types of proceedings have become really petty...

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrick_Garland

Spoiler:

On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Garland to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia. The Senate refused to hold a hearing or vote on this nomination made during the last year of Obama's presidency, with the Republican majority insisting that the next elected President should fill the vacancy. Senate Republicans' refusal to consider the nomination was highly controversial. Garland's nomination lasted 293 days and expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.