McConnell denied Garland a vote nine months out under the guise that there was an election soon and then jammed through Coney Barrett a week before Biden won. They have been flipping the bird to the concepts of norms and fairness for decades and the democrats have done jack shit to fight back.
The degree of political asymmetry on what judges/justices are up to these days, AND what politicians are doing to courts, is one of the most staggering aspects of our moment.