Ginsburg, 85, also disputes the idea of setting term limits for justices, citing the Constitution
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the eldest justice on the high court, says she has « at least five more years » left on the bench, according to CNN. The network reports that Ginsburg discussed her tenure on the court following a New York production of « The Originalist. » The play focuses on the life and career of Ginsburg’s late colleague, Justice Antonin Scalia.
« I’m now 85, » Ginsburg said Sunday evening. « My senior colleague, Justice John Paul Stevens, he stepped down when he was 90, so think I have about at least five more years. »
During the conversation, Ginsburg also disputed the idea of setting term limits for justices, citing the Constitution. « You can’t set term limits, because to do that you’d have to amend the Constitution, » Ginsburg said. « Article 3 says… we hold our offices during good behavior. And most judges are very well behaved, » she remarked.
Following the death of Scalia and sudden retirement of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, Ginsburg now faces a changing court once again as President Trump’s latest nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is poised to join the Supreme Court in the fall.
In the era of « Me Too » and the Trump presidency, Ginsburg has seen a cultural resurgence as a champion for equal rights in her later years. Ginsburg credits her workout routine, which her trainer turned into a book, as keeping her fit and strong. She’s also been the subject of a documentary titled after her namesake that played at the Sundance film festival and another film, « On the Basis of Sex », a biopic on the justice’s rise to the court, due out in December.
