She was nominated by Bill Clinton, and has made regretful comments about Donald Trump.
This week, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is spending time far from Washington in northern New Mexico, where she will address a gathering of the state bar association on Friday.
The high court is out of session but it continues to be thrust into the presidential campaign spotlight by the refusal of Senate Republicans to hold confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee to the vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February.
Local attorneys and their guests flocked to a casino resort north of Santa Fe to hear from Ginsburg, an anchor on the liberal wing of the current eight-member court and counterweight to conservative Chief Justice John Roberts.
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