Problems Plague the Courts.

The 1990s was plagued by partisan fighting over the federal judiciary. In 1991 controversy arose over the confirmation of a U.S. Supreme Court justice who was accused of sexual harassment. By mid decade, as the political composition of the Congress moved increasingly to the right and tension between it and the White House heightened, scores of federal inferior court seats were left unfilled as the president and Republican senators fought over nominations.

The Supreme Court.

During the 1990s there were four appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court. President George Bush appointed two associate justices. David Hackett Souter took office on 9 October 1990, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of the politically moderate Justice William Joseph Brennan Jr. On 23 October 1991 Clarence Thomas replaced renowned liberal justice Thurgood Marshall. President Bill Clinton also made two appointments. Ruth Bader Ginsburg took office...