Ginsburg says time of 'fierce partisanship' will eventually pass
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg decried bitter partisanship in Washington, D.C., during two appearances on Tuesday in Rhode Island.
Ginsburg expressed fears that the judiciary will be seen as political due to partisanship in confirmation of federal judges, report the Providence Journal, the Associated Press and Rhode Island Public Radio in stories here and here. She made the point in appearances at Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, and at Temple Beth-El in Providence.
Ginsburg said the last four justices to the court “should have gotten overwhelming support but got many negative votes.”
“I think it will take great leaders on both sides of the aisle to say ‘Let’s stop this nonsense and start working for our country the way we should,’ ” she said.
Ginsburg said she became interested in the law in the age of McCarthyism because she wanted to make society better. And she said the bitter partisanship in the nation’s capital will pass, just as Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s campaign against suspected communists did.
“We will see this time end, this fierce partisanship,” she said.
