By Robert Laurie —— Bio and Archives January 9, 2018
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg marks her 25th anniversary on the Supreme Court this year, and the cultural icon known as the "Notorious RBG" recently signaled that she intends to stay at least through 2020 by hiring law clerks for at least two more terms. Ginsburg, who turns 85 in March, would have to stay another decade to near the record of William O. Douglas, who served the longest at 36 years. But Ginsburg has already distinguished herself among justices for an intriguing second act, the product of pop culture passion. If Democrat Hillary Clinton had won the presidency in 2016, liberal Ginsburg would likely have announced her retirement by this spring. Instead the justice who made her name as a women's rights lawyer in the 1970s apparently is not counting on leaving the stage any time soon.That last paragraph tells you pretty much everything you need to know about Ginsburg. She's not there for even, unbiased, application of the Constitution. She's there - as she always has been - to push her agenda. She's the very definition of an activist judge. For the record, the three oldest members of the court are:
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