Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sitting next to her husband, former President Bill Clinton, admitted Wednesday night that she had played a pivotal role in his decision to name Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court in 1993
"I knew that of all the people who were part of the women's movement she was one of the key players because of her creative understanding of the law and her sense of commitment," said Hillary Clinton, who's a lawyer herself. She added,"I may have expressed an opinion or two about the people he should bring to the top of the list."The comments came as the Clintons joined Ginsburg on stage for an event at Georgetown Law.
He said that even back then"judges were seen by many people as an extension of politics" and he had sought to nominate someone who understood that"we all live under the same set of rules."Read MoreGinsburg interjected that, at the time, she was 60 years old."So if you worried about my age, it was unnecessary," she said to laughter.
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