After 26 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn't backing down from fights with her conservative colleagues, writes CNN's Joan Biskupic
The emphasis of the 86-year-old"Notorious RBG" is on the here-and-now, not the proverbial"long game" played by some colleagues like Chief Justice John Roberts taking incremental steps toward major decisions and ideological battles in the future.Asked about any retirement plans on Wednesday night at a Washington, DC, event sponsored by Duke Law School, Ginsburg repeated a mantra:"I've always said I'll stay on this job as long as I can do it full steam.
— Evan Agostini June 16, 2019 On the trip to a legal conference in Lisbon, Ginsburg was joined by Justice Sotomayor and retired Justice John Paul Stevens. Stevens died soon after, on July 16.Ginsburg recounted at Stevens' Tuesday memorial service and on Wednesday evening that she had told Stevens her dream was to remain on the court as long as he had, until age 90.
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