Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg indicated that she has no plans to retire anytime soon, in an interview published Monday.
“I will retire when it’s time,” said the long-serving justice in an NPR interview. “And, when is it time? When I can’t do the job full-steam.”
Ginsburg was promoting her book, “My Own Words,” featuring a collection of her writings throughout her lifetime. She said the original plan was to delay publication until a biography was completed. “My biographers … would like to have my time at the court almost complete before they finish the book. We decided … to flip the order.”
The death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia launched a national debate over Supreme Court vacancies, including speculation that the 83-year-old Ginsburg might be the next to retire.
The liberal Ginsburg suggested last month that Congress should vote on President Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland to fill the seat of her close friend, Justice Scalia.
“I do think cooler heads will prevail, I hope sooner rather than later,” Ginsburg said. “The president is elected for four years not three years, so the power he has in year three continues into year four.”
