Garland was simply denied a confirmation hearing. Republicans never tried to destroy his reputation.
What was happened to him in no way justifies whaf the Democrats have done to Kavanaugh.
And to borrow from their position expressed in these past hearings, there is no entitlement to a seat on the Supreme Court.
Sounds fair to me and Garland is still a judge on the same appeals court as the one on which Kavanaugh served.
In the Garland case, had President Obama realized the various impacts of losing control of the House and Senate early on in his Presidency...then this Garland episode would have a minor issue, and he would have been easily approved by a majority Democratic Senate. From day one....President Obama had zero concern about the Democrats maintaining the House and Senate numbers.