Dean Vikram Amar's new Justia blog post delves into the risks the Republican senators are taking by refusing to process any nominees.
"At a time when the Court is already suffering from the (mis)impression that its operations are no different from the partisan politics that has crippled the elected branches of the federal government, we would ... do well to remember that this is not an ordinary game—by calling appointments a “game,” I do not intend to diminish the principals and principles involved, but rather to highlight the range of legally permissible but potentially costly moves and countermoves that give the appointments process a coherent structure—and that the ones who stand to lose the most are not the players, but We the People."
Full article at Justia