Saikrishna Prakash, the James Monroe Distinguished Professor and Miller Center Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia: “The process has been broken for awhile. For decades now, some judicial nominees have had to wait years for consideration by the Senate. The use of holds and blue slips were a source of interminable delays. Many worthy presidential nominees just gave up and withdrew from consideration. Judge Merrick Garland fell victim to that sorry bipartisan tradition of delaying tactics. For as long as I can remember certain nominees have been smeared in no-holds-barred, brass knuckles...