{"id":14738,"date":"2015-02-17T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T20:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14738"},"modified":"2015-02-17T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T20:07:31","slug":"ginsburg-on-ginsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/17\/ginsburg-on-ginsburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginsburg on Ginsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a rare treat to see an interview of a sitting Supreme Court Justice, especially when that Justice is the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a frequent dissenter from the Dishonorable Injustices of SCROTUS, Republican Constitutional VD.<\/font><\/p>\n

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In a rare interview with MSNBC\u2019s Irin Carmon, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discussed her tenure on the court and women\u2019s rights in America today. <\/p>\n

Carmon — a rising star at the network who is co-authoring a book about the liberal jurist<\/a> with the founder of Tumblr blog Notorious R.B.G<\/a> — started off by asking the question on the minds of a lot of liberals as time ticks down on the Obama presidency: Are you planning to retire?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m concerned about doing the job full steam,\u201d Ginsburg said. \u201cOnce I sense that I am slipping, I will step down. This is a very intense job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about her replacement, the Supreme Court justice demurred.<\/p>\n

"My successor will be the choice of whatever president is sitting at that time," she said.<\/p>\n

Carmon and Ginsburg talked at length about the progress that’s been made on women’s rights since the 1970s, when Ginsburg co-founded the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Rachel Maddow dedicated two segments of her show to excerpts from the interview.  Here\u2019s the first.<\/font><\/p>\n