Not trying to step on your toes here Oct, but The senate was republican and Obama was a democrat, historically when those two differ , they don't would not allow picks to go through. Trump and senate was the same party , of course they let trump make a pick. BTW, if Ginsberg actually cared about her seat being filled with a new young liberal judge by Obama, she should have stepped down and not die in the seat, she could have stepped down 7 years ago and they could have had a judge for the next 30 or 40 years . So, it is kinda her fault the left didn't get a seat filled by Obama.