Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized for calling San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the national anthem “dumb and disrespectful.”
In a statement released Friday, Ginsburg said she was “barely aware” of the protest by Kaepernick and other NFL players, and thus her comments were “inappropriately dismissive and harsh.”
“I should have declined to respond,” her statement concluded.
The 83-year-old judge has apologized for other public comments in recent months. She called her criticism of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in July “ill-advised.”
Kaepernick and other NFL players have been taking a knee during the national anthem during games in a way to protest police brutality against minorities.
