Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘At the Moment, Congress Is Not Functioning Very Well’

During her lengthy interview with MSNBC’s Irin Carmon, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the current Congress isn’t functioning terribly well and not much is getting done. Part of the interview aired tonight on The Rachel Maddow Show, and in it Carmon asked Ginsburg about concerns that the achievements of the civil rights era (most notably the Voting Rights Act) “are being rolled back.”

Doing anything about the Voting Rights Act would require the input of Congress, and Ginsburg said, “at the moment, our Congress is not functioning very well.” She recalled how just a few years ago, the Voting Right Act was, rather non-controversially, renewed by both the House and Senate. But again, she said, the current Congress “is not equipped to do anything.”

Ginsburg lamented the lack of bipartisanship and cooperation in Washingon, recalling how when she was nominated back in 1993 only three senators voted against her. Imagine any Supreme Court nominees getting that low an opposition these days.

Watch the clip below, via MSNBC:

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