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Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the United States Supreme Court said Friday that new Judge Brett Kavanaugh has increased the number of women serving on the court.
"Judge Kavanaugh has gone down in history with a staff composed exclusively of female lawyers," said Ginsburg, according to a transcript of his speech to a judges' conference in New York. "With its selections, the court has for the first time, for the first time in its history, more women than men in law clerk positions."
Ginsburg noted that more progress is still needed to ensure equal representation.
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In this photo of November 30, 2018, Deputy Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits with other Supreme Court justices for a group photo at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite, File)
"The women were not as good as the defenders," added Ginsburg. "Only about 21% of lawyers presenting their oral arguments were women, of the 34 lawyers who appeared more than once, only six were women.
Kavanaugh hired four female lawyers – a first for the court, the New York Times reported. Only one, Kim Jackson, occupied him before his appointment to the court.
Ginsburg's remarks came several months after Kavanaugh's contradictory confirmation hearings, which were marked by accusations of sexual misconduct and quarrels between Democrats and Republicans.
Christine Blasey Ford, one of Kavanaugh's three accusers, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for having her bedridden at a home party in Maryland in the 1980s.
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Kavanaugh vehemently denied the charges against him and said at the hearings that he was known to have treated women with respect. During the hearings, Kavanaugh promised to recruit a team of jurists composed of women.
"During my tenure, no federal judge – not one in the country – has sent more women clerks to the Supreme Court than me," Kavanaugh told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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