During Ginsburg’s entire Supreme Court tenure from 1993 to 2020, she only hired one African-American clerk (Paul J. Watford). During her 13 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, she never hired an African-American clerk, intern, or secretary. The lack of diversity was briefly an issue during her 1993 confirmation hearing.
When this issue was raised by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ginsburg stated that “If you confirm me for this job, my attractiveness to black candidates is going to improve.” This issue received renewed attention after more than a hundred of her former legal clerks served as pallbearers during her funeral.
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