Revisiting Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Path to Confirmation

No more Mother's Day, zero black hires, Biden embarrasses Kagan, and more

I’m going to be paying extra attention to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, as it issues rulings in the remaining cases on its docket for the October 2024 term. So I figured that these weeks are a good time to revisit the accounts I’ve provided of the appointments of various justices.

Let’s start with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose 1993 nomination to the Supreme Court I handled as a Senate Judiciary Committee lawyer for Orrin Hatch.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg at her confirmation hearing in 1993

I hope that you find these posts of interest. I think that you’ll especially enjoy the first three.

The Supreme Court Nominee Who Would Abolish Mother’s Day: How I hid Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s incendiary positions

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ‘Inexorable Zero’ of Black Employees: ‘What if she says yes?’

Joe Biden Embarrasses Elena Kagan (and I Console Her): Even an excellent teacher can do only so much with a dim pupil

‘No Forecasts, No Hints’: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's gift to future Supreme Court nominees

Clinton’s Tortuous 86-Day Selection Process: Repeatedly just ‘two to three weeks away’ from a decision

Why Ginsburg’s Age Didn't Doom Her Candidacy: RBG’s debt to the twelve Reagan-Bush years

Bill Clinton’s Litmus Test on Roe v. Wade: Did he, or didn’t he, discuss Roe with Ruth Bader Ginsburg?