I always figured that obama had a deal worked with Hillary - he campaigns hard for her, and once she is elected she puts him on the SC. NO ONE would have stopped that appointment for the same reason they let him get away with everything he wanted to do. Otherwise I think he really would have put that Garland person in no matter what. EVERY ONE really believed Hillary was a lock. Bwahahahaa.
Part of the reason he rented that house too.
I am full of weird opinions like this. :)
And in looking at it that way - it would have been “stolen” from obama, as in it would have been HIS SEAT had Hillary won.