Event Today

This morning at 11:00, in room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Schumer will give a policy address on “The Myth of the Ginsburg Precedent.”

According to the American Constitution Society, which is hosting the event:

Senator Charles Schumer will explain that the so-called “Ginsburg Precedent” does not accurately reflect Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s confirmation hearing, during which she answered many questions, as have most other Supreme Court nominees.

“The Ginsburg Precedent” refers to a report published by the conservative group, Progress for America, that details the history of judicial confirmation hearings and posits that judicial nominees often decline to discuss specific cases when they are sitting before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Daily Kos discusses the “Ginsburg Precedent” here. Progress for America has video excerpts from Justice Ginsburg’s confirmation hearings here. Here is the Federalist Society’s white paper on the issue.