Ginsburg says no plans to leave Supreme Court.

[elleng]

After a period of dramatic change at the Supreme Court and in her personal life, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is looking forward to being one of three women on the high court for the foreseeable future.

Although some have speculated she might step down next year, the 77-year-old Ginsburg told The Associated Press on Tuesday she has no plans to retire anytime soon and still wants to match Justice Louis Brandeis, who stepped down at age 82. . .

She had two opinions to write in June and constant trips between the court, her home and the hospital. "I had no time to dwell on the loss that I knew was going to be sooner rather than later," she said.

Her children persuaded her to show up in court the day after her husband died of cancer to read one of those opinions in a closely divided case because he would have wanted her there. "I knew he would," Ginsburg said in her spacious Supreme Court office. . .

With Kagan's confirmation, there would be three women serving together on the Supreme Court for the first time. "To me, it's one of the most exhilarating developments," Ginsburg said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/03/AR2010080305259.html?hpid=sec-politics

[midnight]

1. Glad to read this.

[SnakeEyes]

2. I wish she'd retire.. or at the very least

She needs to leave by summer of 2012 to make sure Obama gets to nominate her replacement.