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July 25, 2019, 12:41 AM UTCUpdated: July 25, 2019, 1:15 AM UTC

Ginsburg Laments SCOTUS Confirmation ‘Dysfunction’ in Senate (1)

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Reporter

The U.S. Supreme Court confirmation process is dysfunctional, and both political parties are to blame, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said July 24.

Ginsburg said high court vetting in the Senate has devolved from weighing a nominee’s qualifications to how they’ll vote on a particular issue.

She said Donald Trump conservative nominees Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh are “decent and smart,” but their confirmations were divisive, while she, describing herself as a “flaming feminist” at the time of her 1993 nomination, met little resistance and was confirmed overwhelmingly.

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