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To: wac3rd

Ginsberg was confirmed for her Supreme Court appointment by a Senate vote of 96 to 3. Only Jessie Helms, Don Nicles, and Robert Smith voted no. The rest of the Republican Senators! Including current minority leader Mitch McConnell voted for confirmation.


47 posted on 02/04/2012 7:15:16 PM PST by Soul of the South (When times are tough the tough get going.)
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To: Soul of the South
It would be interesting to contrast these comments about the U.S. constitution with Judge Ginsburg's comments about the same document during her Senate confirmation hearing.

Presumably, she was asked about the Constitution. Wasn't she...???

48 posted on 02/04/2012 7:26:29 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Soul of the South
Democrats have cited a portion of Sen. Orrin Hatch's autobiography, Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator, as evidence that Clinton worked extensively with Republican senators. In the following passage, Hatch discusses telling Clinton that his top choice, Interior secretary and former Arizona governor Bruce Babbitt, would have a hard time in the Senate:

I told him [Clinton] that confirmation would not be easy. At least one Democrat would probably vote against Bruce, and there would be a great deal of resistance from the Republican side. I explained to the President that although he might prevail in the end, he should consider whether he wanted a tough, political battle over his first appointment to the Court.

Our conversation moved to other potential candidates. I asked whether he had considered Judge Stephen Breyer of the First Circuit Court of Appeals or Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. President Clinton indicated he had heard Breyer's name but had not thought about Judge Ginsberg.

I indicated I thought they would be confirmed easily. I knew them both and believed that, while liberal, they were highly honest and capable jurists and their confirmation would not embarrass the President. From my perspective, they were far better than the other likely candidates from a liberal Democrat administration.


52 posted on 02/05/2012 2:01:42 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Soul of the South
The rest of the Republican Senators! Including current minority leader Mitch McConnell voted for confirmation.

And you can be sure that they got a good price for their votes (at our expense). Is there anyone left on this forum who actually thinks D or R is a distinction with a difference?

67 posted on 02/07/2012 8:16:59 PM PST by AndyJackson
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