Joe said so! Nomination of a Supreme Court Justice is only to be delayed when the Senate is in Opposition to the President!

THE BIDEN RULE 1992

JOE BIDEN REFUTING THE BIDEN RULE 2016

They completely ignore the fact that, at the time, I was speaking of the dangers of nominating an extreme candidate without proper Senate consultation," he said. "They completely neglected to quote my unequivocal bottom line, so let me set the record straight as they say: I said and I quote 'if the president consults and cooperates with the Senate or moderates his selections, then his nominees may enjoy my support as did Justice Kennedy and Justice Souter,' end of quote."