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Looking forward to the next nomination fight, the question of questions will once again be front and center. So an Associated Press report on a speech Justice Ginsburg gave the other day provides an interesting nugget:

Ginsburg also said she agreed with a position taken by federal Judge John G. Roberts during his confirmation hearing to replace the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

Roberts invoked Ginsburg when he refused to speculate on how he would rule in cases before the court.

"Judge Roberts was unquestionably right," Ginsburg said. "My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court."

I'm sure the next nominee, whoever that might be, will have this quote committed to memory by the time he or she goes before the Judiciary Committee.

One side note: While I was glad to see that Justice Ginsburg embraced her own past actions, I was disappointed that it came during a talk where she once again opined about that selection of the next nominee. I've already ranted about Justice Ginsburg's last forray into the political arena. I said before that expressing her views cheapens her stature and calls her objectivity into question. And I encouraged her to resist the temptation to do so in the future.

Well, either Justice Ginsburg isn't a regular reader of Confirm Them or she ignored my well-intentioned advice. I can't say I'm surprised. But seriously, someone needs to tell her to knock it off.