Yeah, it should take two branches. And the Senate is free to vote against any nominee. It's when they refuse to vote that it's a problem.
The filibuster is a gray area. Technically, the bill is on the floor and in the process of debate. Someone can move for cloture at any time and if they get it, then debate is over and the vote occurs. Back in the day, it was actually a physically grueling task, so the most you could delay a vote was by 2-3 days. The purpose was to stall things and hope you could change a few people's minds by keeping them waiting, or to generate publicity. Both of which are acceptable political goals in discussing an issue.
Nowadays, the Senate has the two-track procedure. Which means the filibuster as a delay mechanism is no longer a viable strategy since the Senate is free to move on to other things. On the other hand, it also means filibustering is easy. You don't have to hold the floor anymore. The modern filibuster effectively just means it takes 60 votes for any remotely controversial bill to pass the Senate. Everything still moves as normal, the Senate is still doing their duty, they just don't have 60 votes so the bill fails.
I hate the filibuster, and I wish they would get rid of it. Nonetheless it's a time honored tradition that's been done for years, on all kinds of bills. And TECHNICALLY, a filibustered bill is active. The Senate is doing their duty, their just being reallllly slow about "debating" it. But anyone can stop a filibuster at any time by moving for cloture. And then the full Senate votes on that motion, which takes 60 votes. You may not have 60 votes which means there is no cloture and the debate drags on. But technically, the issue is active. And as a practical matter, you're voting on that bill the whole time. It just takes 60, and you don't have 60 votes. Everyone is doing their job in good faith-- one side is trying to get to 60, the other side is trying to stop them. It's the same thing that happens in the House with no filibuster. The only shitty thing is, it takes 60 to pass any bill when it should only take 50. BUt then the reconciliation loophole addresses that.
The other thing about the filibuster/super majority is that it probably makes less of a difference than people think. No matter how many votes it takes to get a bill done, the trick is getting the last vote. If you need 50, and the holdout is Susan Collins, then Susan Collins has a ton of power and it's contest on both sides to win over Collins. If you need 60, and the holdout is Murkowski, then you have to win over Murkowski. The filibuster tilts the balance of power slightly more towards the minority party, but it doesn't actually prevent the Senate from doing it's job.
IMO, the filibuster is at the limit of what you can do constitutionally. I'd argue it's actually a bit over the limit, but it's somewhat debatable. And I can deal with the filibuster because the alternative is so much worse. Which is what McConnell is doing.
When you kill a bill in committee it's just done. It never makes it to the floor, so there is never a full vote. McConnell's argument was bullshit because he asserted that the constitution required Obama to get "advice and consent" from the Senate, but the Senate was under no obligation to supply it. Effectively then, the Senate controls the process. Which is why the number of vacant judicial proportions reached ridiculous numbers.
The filibuster is the Senate doing its job in a ridiculously stupid manner. McConnell refusing to even consider a Garland nomination is just outright refusing to do your job.
Well, Obama then, and Trump now, would need to appoint and let the courts decide.
That's not the way this is supposed to work. Politicians have a duty to obey the constitution. They don't get to do whatever they want and then like "Hey, sue me." Especially when the thing they want is to stack the courts in the first place.
But see here's the thing. I don't even get why you don't like Trump. Because he won't nuke the Russians? Yeah, I don't want that either. That's why neither Trump or the left is going to do anything for you. You appear to just be a somewhat confused Trump supporter.