It threatens the quality, independence and diversity of the judiciary. You're going to have presidents nominating lackluster nominees who have no paper trail. This fight is so partisan, and so bitter and mean-spirited, that it holds collegiality and civility in the Senate hostage, and impinges on the ability of the Senate to discharge its constitutional legislative function.
Does Israel have nuclear weapons? And if so, why isn't the world pressuring Israel the same way it has pressured Iran or North Korea, to curtail their nuclear program? Israeli journalist Michael Karpin sought answers to those questions for his book The Bomb in the Basement.
It threatens the quality, independence and diversity of the judiciary. You're going to have presidents nominating lackluster nominees who have no paper trail. This fight is so partisan, and so bitter and mean-spirited, that it holds collegiality and civility in the Senate hostage, and impinges on the ability of the Senate to discharge its constitutional legislative function. 
