Mitch McConnell and the Nomination of Merrick Garland | FRONTLINE

Discover how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s response to Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in 2016 impacted the future of the U.S. Supreme Court in this video from FRONTLINE. In preventing the Senate Judiciary Committee from holding a confirmation hearing, McConnell set a precedent, blocking consideration of a sitting president’s Supreme Court nominee.