The GOP is trying to bypass due process in order to approve a Supreme Court justice. It has done so by denying access to crucial documents. It is doing so by denying a full investigation of credible accusations against the nominee (re: sexual assault & lying to Congress.)
It is beyond a sham. It debases our highest court & further infects it w/the disease of partisanship which is destroying our institutions & undermining our system. It,like the Garland fiasco, is more of an indictment of the base motives of GOP leaders than a confirmation process.
The message is that nothing shall stand in the way of a partisan agenda--not the sworn mission of Congress to uphold the Constitution, not justice, not the interests of the American people, not the truth, not fair treatment for the likely victims of sexual assault.
The wrong is compounded by the fact that twice in 25 years the GOP has sought to put a man on the Supreme Court who has been credibly accused of sexual harassment or abuse and once it has chosen as its leader a serial sex abuser.
You can't be stewards of justice (or even profess a familiarity with the concept) when you deny the rights of the majority population--especially as you do so as part of an on-going campaign to further constrain or undermine those rights.
Sadly, while this Supreme Court nominating and confirmation charade is about many things, is it is not about justice. Instead it is about undermining it and about institutionalizing injustice. It is corrupt. It is wrong. And we need to remove its architects from office.
