Supreme Court’s Ginsburg to reflect on life at Stanford talk

STANFORD — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set to speak Monday night at Stanford University about a topic that has many liberals anxious these days: Her life.

The 83-year-old justice will offer personal reflections at a discussion billed as an exploration of what it means to lead a meaningful life, university officials said.

Ginsburg’s talk comes after President Donald Trump last week nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. The nomination would likely restore the court’s conservative tilt.

Ginsburg is the leader of the court’s liberal wing. She is also the oldest justice on the court and has survived pancreatic and colon cancer. Liberals worry about the future of their causes if Trump gets an opportunity to replace her or any of the other liberal judges on the bench.

Ginsburg has shown no signs of slowing down and has said she has a personal trainer who leads her through hour-long workouts that include push-ups and weights.

She also said during the presidential campaign that she presumed Democrat Hillary Clinton would win and have the opportunity to make a few appointments to the court.

She said at the time she did not want to think about the possibility of a Trump victory, calling Trump in one interview a “faker” who “really has an ego.”

She later apologized and said her remarks were ill-advised.

Ginsburg spoke to cadets at the Virginia Military Institute last week following Gorusch’s nomination but did not comment about it.

She also did not comment about Trump or the makeup of the court.