The Supreme Court justice — who has battled a number of ailments and situations in the past year or so — made an appearance on Saturday at the Library of Congress 2019 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. — and let the crowds know how she feels about her position on the nation’s highest court.
“For one thing, I love my job,” Ruth Bader Ginsburg told the audience, as Fox News and other outlets reported.
“It’s the best and the hardest job I’ve ever had.”
“[It] keeps me going,” she added.
She also said, injecting some humor into her remarks, that “the audience can see that I’m alive.”
In addition, she made a point of saying that — rather than dwell on all the “aches and pains” she’s been suffering of late — she instead concentrates “on the court’s work,” which she said has kept her going through four bouts of cancer.
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Ginsburg even offered advice about marriage.
She said she got a phone call from entertainer Jennifer Lopez not long ago to meet with her and her beau, former baseball star Alex Rodriguez.
Lopez asked the justice what her secrets were to a happy marriage, Ginsburg related to the crowd on Saturday.
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“My mother-in-law took me aside and she responded telling me it helps sometimes to be a little deaf,” said Ginbsurg.
See these tweets — and share your thoughts:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "I was called up about a month or so ago by Jennifer Lopez, and she said she would like to meet me and introduce her fiance Alex Rodriguez… She mostly wanted to ask if I had any secret about a happy marriage." pic.twitter.com/EgItMC9nHA
— The Hill (@thehill) August 31, 2019
Just WOW! More than 4,000 people to see Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the @librarycongress #NatBookFest. Some lined up at 4am. Thank you!!! pic.twitter.com/NR5Rd0Fjqt
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) August 31, 2019
"The audience can see that I am alive." At D.C. book festival, Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she's recovering well after cancer surgery https://t.co/vECcDZimpk
— TIME (@TIME) August 31, 2019
What an honor to welcome Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the @librarycongress #NatBookFest! pic.twitter.com/1IRX8ecuMo
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) August 31, 2019
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