Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she isn’t going anywhere. The Supreme Court Justice, who has become a cult figure among liberals in recent years, says that she has no plans to leave the courtroom anytime soon, and actually plans to hold her seat for five . more years, until she is at least 90.
“I’m now 85,” Ginsburg said at a recent appearance, according to CNN. “My senior colleague, Justice John Paul Stevens, he stepped down when he was 90, so think I have about at least five more years.”
Ginsburg spoke after the performance of The Originalist, a play about the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who Ginsburg had a grudging friendship with and respect for.
At a post-show discussion of #TheOriginalist in New York (an @arenastage original) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that she hopes to spend another 5 years on the bench. #Trending https://t.co/OBW7CJzEM0
— ?Brieahn J. DeMeo? (@Brieeeeee) July 30, 2018
“I think I have at least 5 more years” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 7/29/18 pic.twitter.com/ztkZKIxefq
— Julie Cohen (@FilmmakerJulie) July 30, 2018
It’s almost as if our basic civil rights *shouldn’t* depend on the stamina and life expectancy of one benevolent 85 year old. https://t.co/bCIKHyp1p4
— Moira Donegan (@MoiraDonegan) July 30, 2018
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