I like to think that if the judiciary gets hugely understaffed it'd be reported as a problem and a handful of "consensus" Republicans would step in to let them through. But we've seen plenty of evidence to the contrary.

And the media would report is as "Mitch McConnell isn't letting any judicial nominees come up for a vote. But *some say* the Democratic President is only nominating extremist candidates. Seems to us like both sides need to come together!"