LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s two Senators are against a Supreme Court confirmation vote before Nov. 3. As representatives gear up for a showdown over how to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Michigan’s Senior Sen. Debbie Stabenow has been critical of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. READ: Senate Leader Mitch McConnell pledges quick vote on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor“Mitch McConnell will do whatever is in the short-term political interests for him,” Stabenow said. Stabenow said there are some Republican Senators that she expects will cross party lines -- like Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski. “We don’t know for sure, but I would assume the two of those colleagues that are still with us would be there,” Stabenow said.

GROSSE POINTE, Mich. – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her career fighting for women’s rights and breaking the glass ceiling in the judicial system. It was there she befriended a young woman from Grosse Pointe. Kendra Nordin’s mother started at Harvard Law School in 1956 at a part of the sixth class of women admitted. The tenured professor was passionate about the same causes as Justice Ginsburg, including gender equality and civil rights. In a letter to Kendra Nordin, Ginsburg told her she remembered Virginia fondly and the two were good friends at Harvard.