On Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized in a written statement for calling Donald Trump a "faker" with an "ego" and "no consistency about him" in recent interviews with CNN and The New York Times. "On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them," Ginsburg wrote. "Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect."
Trump responded to Ginsburg's comments by suggesting her "mind is shot" and calling for her resignation. Both The New York Times and The Washington Post agreed that Ginsburg's comments were inappropriate. "However valid her comments may have been ... and however in keeping with her known political bent, they were still much, much better left unsaid by a member of the Supreme Court," The Washington Post wrote in an editorial. "There's a good reason the Code of Conduct for United States Judges flatly states that a 'judge should not ... publicly endorse or oppose a candidate for public office.'"
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