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Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn't the first Supreme Court Justice to talk politics.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg regrets her insults of Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court justice — who has been involved in a scuffle with the presumptive Republican nominee over the past few days —said she regretted her remarks and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>promised to stay out of it in the future.
"On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” Ginsburg said in a statement. "Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect."
In three separate interviews the justice sounded off on Trump, at one point saying she didn't<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“want to contemplate” the effects a Trump candidacy would have on the court. Ginsburg is known for her liberal bent, but the comments created a firestorm nonetheless because members of the Supreme Court generally avoid getting involved in presidential politics.
Trump called on her to
resign from her post and said “her mind is shot!”
But he wasn’t the only one unhappy with the remarks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ginsburg received widespread (and bipartisan) criticism, even earning editorials from both
The New York Times and
The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Washington Post.
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