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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Just Addressed Concerns That She Intends to Retire Anytime Soon, and the Internet Is Cheering

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Just Addressed Concerns That She Intends to Retire Anytime Soon, and the Internet Is Cheering
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg onstage at the Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center on September 21, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images)

People want her to stay right where she is.

When Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), he was the longest serving Justice at over 30 years, having been appointed in 1988 —an election year— by Republican President Ronald Reagan.

But at 82 years of age, Kennedy was not the oldest Justice on the SCOTUS bench. That distinction belongs to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a 1993 appointee of President Bill Clinton.


Justice Ginsburg is 85 years old, 3 years Kennedy's senior. 70 year old Justice Clarence Thomas —a President George H. W. Bush appointee in 1991— beats Ginsburg in years on the SCOTUS bench at just shy of 27 to her just shy of 25.

So with Kennedy's announcement, speculation began on the retirements of Ginsburg and Thomas. Would they wait until after the 2018 midterms to retire? Or would they wait until after the 2020 presidential election?

Conservatives would rather see Thomas and Ginsburg retire under President Donald Trump or another Republican president. Liberals would prefer the opposite which means both Justices would need to retire, at minimum, after January 2021.

Considered a liberal Justice, Ginsburg fans voiced concern over the balance of the SCOTUS if she retired while Trump or Pence remain in office. Her detractors expressed hope that her retirement drew near, giving Trump a third SCOTUS pick after Republicans blocked President Barack Obama's last SCOTUS pick.

Now the woman herself has addressed the issue. Ginsburg says she plans to remain on the bench for at least the next five years, or until 2023.

Speaking in New York City Sunday after a play based on her former colleague, Justice Antonin Scalia, Ginsburg relieved some fears while disappointing others.

"I'm now 85," Ginsburg stated. "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 maintains a strict workout regimen which includes weight training and planking, as shown in the documentary film RBG.

The news of her intention to remain on the bench received high praise and gratitude from liberal leaning United States citizens on Twitter.

Of course, not everyone is happy about Ginsburg's decision to hold off on retirement.

But Ginsburg addressed term limits as well in her Sunday remarks. The purpose of a lifetime SCOTUS appointment is to allow the Justices and the court to remain minimally influenced by executive and legislative branch personnel changes.

"You can't set term limits, because to do that you'd have to amend the Constitution. Article 3 says ... we hold our offices during good behavior," Ginsburg stated. Then she joked,

And most judges are very well behaved."

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