Bill Clinton Thought About Age When Vetting Ginsburg for SCOTUS

Former President Bill Clinton noted Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s age when he was vetting her for the U.S. Supreme Court, saying Oct. 30 that you’d have been “crazy” not to think about it.

Ginsburg, who was 60 when nominated in 1993, said the passing of nearly three decades hasn’t been an issue with her service.

“If you worried about my age, it wasn’t necessary,” the oldest justice at 86 said at an appearance with the former chief executive and Hillary Clinton at a Georgetown Law School event.

Although her husband recalled the issue of Ginsburg’s age all those years ago, Hillary ...