And thank goodness for that. Ginsburg is one of the last remaining liberal bastions on the supreme court now that conservative justices including Brett Kavanagh have been appointed to the bench.

What Ginsburg represents, as pointed out in the recent documentary RBG and the Felicity Jones-starring biopic On the Basis of Sex, is a tireless and selfless dedication to equality. As the NPR interview notes, Ginsburg continues to work through tragedy, loss and even her most recent cancer diagnosis, her third in the last two decades.

“The work is really what saved me,” Ginsburg said. “Because I had to concentrate on reading the briefs, doing a draft on an opinion, and I knew it had to get done. So I had to get past whatever my aches and pains were just to do the job.”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had the most epic comeback to a man who criticised her