[Mitch]
McConnell
was
very
good
at
building
a
federal
judiciary
by
and
for
conservative
white
men.
His
twin
priorities
were
confirming
as
many
Republican
judges
as
possible,
and
blocking
as
many
Democratic
appointees
as
possible.
—
Madiba
Dennie,
writing
at
Balls
and
Strikes,
about
the
legacy
of
Senator
Mitch
McConnell,
the
Republican
leader
in
the
chamber
for
a
record
18
years.
In
a
recent
interview
McConnell,
who
famously
kept
the
late
Antonin
Scalia’s
Supreme
Court
seat
open
for
over
a
year
to
prevent
Barack
Obama
from
appointing
his
replacement,
defended
his
brazen
tactics,
saying
he
didn’t
“break
any
rules,”
and
there
was
“nothing
unconstitutional
about
it.”