Stupid tactically.
The President has every right and arguably the obligation to appoint a justice. The Senate has the job responsibility to consider the president’s appointment. The Senate has zero obligation to approve.
Instead of letting the process play out the way the founders intended (including refusing to confirm whatever whackjob is nominated)the Republicans come off as infantile, lazy, unconstitutional and overly partisan.
No, it’s better not to let it come to a vote, but they should allow the process to proceed . . . s - l — o —— w ———— l -———————— y. It should never come up for a vote, and the Senate should never officially be in recess for as long as the socialist thug in is power. We are better off taking our time to schedule hearings, taking a long time for the hearings, and then not concluding the hearings due to other commitments and demands on their time, rather than giving them a straight rejection that will be played as “racist” (motivating their base) and allowing for a second nomination that must also be blocked.