I feel like back then mitch should have allowed a vote. But repubs had a majority in the senate then. So they should have just voted no on merrick garland. Then Obama would have to nominate someone else, and then repubs vote no on them as well. I guess Mitch just didn't want to waste time doing that since it was the obvious outcome. No one talks about why he didn't want to hold a vote. The lesson is you need a president and a senate majority of the same party to approve a supreme court nominee. Trump and mitch have both right now. But they're going to put in another jewish woman so it doesn't matter anyway.