Garland's nomination was caput by April of 2016, before the tarmac meeting. A new President H. Clinton would have no obligation to renominate 0bama's nomination. Why would Lynch commit a fairly evident crime to wait for RGB to retire? Is there any evidence at all that RGB would retire? None that I've heard.
If anything, it would have been a poke in the eye to the GOP to appoint an Obama nominee. Regarding RBG - none that I saw either but there were rumors of her retiring to let the first woman president nominate her replacement.
Garland's nomination was caput by April of 2016, before the tarmac meeting. A new President H. Clinton would have no obligation to renominate 0bama's nomination. Why would Lynch commit a fairly evident crime to wait for RGB to retire? Is there any evidence at all that RGB would retire? None that I've heard.
there was talk of HRC sticking with Garland herself back in 2016: https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/08/what-happens-merrick-garland-if-hillary-clinton-wins/
If anything, it would have been a poke in the eye to the GOP to appoint an Obama nominee. Regarding RBG - none that I saw either but there were rumors of her retiring to let the first woman president nominate her replacement.