June 14, 1993

1993-06-19T22:47:59-04:00

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President Clinton spoke in a ceremony in the Rose Garden to announce his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Byron White. He called his nominee, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “one of our nation’s best judges” in his remarks. Judge Ginsburg accepted the nomination in a brief speech following the president, which included a brief showing of a picture of first lady Hillary Clinton with Judge Ginsburg’s granddaughter. After Judge Ginsburg spoke, President Clinton responded angrily to a question from a reporter on his selection process, and then ended the ceremony.

President Clinton spoke in a ceremony in the Rose Garden to announce his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Byron White. He called his… read more