That’s the topic of my new Confirmation Tales post.
When Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992, he promised that he would have a pro-Roe litmus test for his Supreme Court nominees.
Did Clinton lie in 1993 when he said he didn’t discuss abortion with Ruth Bader Ginsburg when he interviewed her for the Court?
Or did Clinton lie years later when, at an event with Ginsburg, he volunteered that he did discuss Roe with her and recounted how her remarks made a “huge impression” on him?
And what to make of Ginsburg’s sworn statement to the Senate that no one discussed any case with her “in a manner that could reasonably be interpreted as seeking any express or implied assurances concerning [her] position on such case”?
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