Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Laments SCOTUS Confirmation Process: ‘A Highly Partisan Show’

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GINSBURG: "The atmosphere in 93, was truly bipartisan. The vote on my confirmation was 96 to 3, even though I had spent about ten years of my life litigating cases under the auspices of the ACLU, and I was on the ACLU board and one of their general counsels. My White House handlers asked me questions about my ACLU affiliation, they were very nervous about it. And I said forget it, just forget it, there’s nothing you can do that would lead me badmouth the ACLU. And not a single question, no Senator asked me any question, not about that. It was the same for Justice Breyer who was nominated a year later. He had in 90s the numbers. Or think of Justice Scalia, who was certainly a known character in, what was it, 1986. He had been a law professor and written many things, he was -- he had been on the D.C. circuit. The vote was unanimous. Every Democrat, every republican voted for him. That's the way it should be, instead of what it’s become, which is a highly partisan show. The Republicans move in lockstep, so do Democrats. I wish I could wave a magic wand and have it go back to the way -- the way it was."