Yes, openwater2010, I understand the reason for three branches of government.

I was speaking to the idea of a President under investigation nominating a Supreme Court Justice. If this investigation were to unearth evidence, for instance, that called into question Trump's conduct, whether post Jan 20th or en route to his becoming POTUS, surely those findings would reverberate down the line, possibly with implications for his actions while in office (executive orders, nominations, etc.).

While I'm not well versed on the legal arguments, it seems to me that the Gorsuch nomination could, in the above scenario, be construed as a kind of fruit of the poisonous tree. I’d be interested to hear more about precedent on this.

Hence, the idea of postponement.