There hasn't been much of an outcry because there is plenty of precedent on not confirming the appointment of a (basically) lame duck President. But if there is a concerted effort to not appoint anyone for the four years of the first Clinton term, there will be Hell to pay, specially if another Justice kicks it.
P.S. All moot since I don't expect that the GOP will hold the Senate.
Agreed. The premise of the current GOP Senate regarding Judge Garland has been largely accepted - Scalia's is a pivotal seat and there's a Presidential election coming up, so let the people decide.
Well, if Clinton's the next President the people will have decided. It's insane to flatly deny a duly-elected President her SCOTUS picks for the entirety of her four-year term. An individual pick can be opposed on the merits, but to state that no Clinton pick will be afforded a Senate vote is the kind of malice that will turn the Trump party into the rump party.
So it all comes back to the point that annoys DiogenesLamp so much - the fools who nominated Trump are to blame for what's to come these next four years. We should have approached this election as an historic opportunity to carry forward the conservative victories that have secured for us the Congress. Instead we may lose control of all three branches of government because we nominated a crazy man with the self-control of a child.