--- title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doubles Down on Donald Trump Criticism description: "He is a faker" canonical: https://time.com/4402787/ruth-bader-ginsburg-doubles-down-on-donald-trump-criticism-he-is-a-faker/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T15:55:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:52.977Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doubles Down on Trump Criticism og:description: "He is a faker" og:url: https://time.com/4402787/ruth-bader-ginsburg-doubles-down-on-donald-trump-criticism-he-is-a-faker/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt120210bcd1bda502/69889b3d8e06017758466a10/ruth-bader-ginsburg-next-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6144 og:image:height: 3456 og:image:alt: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doubles Down on Trump Criticism twitter:description: "He is a faker" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt120210bcd1bda502/69889b3d8e06017758466a10/ruth-bader-ginsburg-next-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doubles Down on Donald Trump Criticism: 'He is a Faker' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 30: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, celebrating her 20th anniversary on the bench, is photographed in the West conference room at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday, August 30, 2013\. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Nikki Kahn—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 12, 2016 3:55 PM UTC Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg doubled down on her criticism of Republican nominee Donald Trump, telling a CNN reporter that he’s a “faker.” “He has no consistency about him,” [Ginsburg told CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump-faker/index.html). “He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. … How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? The press seems to be very gentle with him on that.” A Trump spokeswoman told CNN Trump’s tax returns are being audited and will be released when that process is complete. Ginsburg has made no secret of her contempt for the GOP nominee. Last week, [she said](http://time.com/4400491/ruth-bader-ginsburg-interview-donald-trump-merrick-garland-abortion/), “It’s likely that the next president, whoever she will be, will have a few appointments to make,” hinting at her preference for Hillary Clinton. On Sunday, [Ginsburg said](http://time.com/4400491/ruth-bader-ginsburg-interview-donald-trump-merrick-garland-abortion/), “I can’t imagine what our country would be — with Donald Trump as president.” The 77-year-old Bill Clinton appointee has long been outspoken on a variety of political subjects, though she has been criticized by court-watchers for her statements on Trump, which could open her to complaints of bias if he were elected. Ginsburg openly criticized attempts to limit access to abortions and the Senate [blocking Obama’s appointment of Merrick Garland](http://time.com/4266396/supreme-court-merrick-garland-nomination-history/) to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. ### See Ruth Bader Ginsburg Grow from Toddler to Supreme Court Justice  August 2, 1935 Childhood photograph of Ruth Bader taken when she was two years old. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  1948 Ruth Bader delivers a sermon as camp Rabbi at the age of 15, at Che-Na-Wah camp in Minerva, N.Y. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  December, 1953 Studio photograph of Ruth Bader, taken in Dec. 1953 when she was a Senior at Cornell University. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  Fall, 1954 Martin D. Ginsburg and Ruth Bader Ginsburg taken in the fall while Martin Ginsburg served in the Army, before being drafted, stationed at Artillery Village in Fort Sill, Okla. Martin Ginsburg was drafted into the Army in 1954. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  Summer 1958 Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Martin Ginsburg play with their three-year old daughter, Jane, in her bedroom at Martin's parents' home in Rockville Centre, N.Y Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  Fall 1980 Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg during her first term as a United States Circuit Judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  December, 1980 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her husband Martin Ginsburg, and their children James and Jane in a boat off the shore of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  1972 Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her husband Martin at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.V. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  Oct. 1, 1993 Informal portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg standing before the mantle in the Justices' Dining Room in Washington. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States  August 10, 1993 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. From left to right stand President Bill Clinton, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Martin Ginsburg, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist. 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