--- title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reacts to Anthony Kennedy's Retirement description: After Anthony Kennedy announced he was retiring from the Supreme Court, fellow justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared what she'll miss about him canonical: https://time.com/5324910/ruth-bader-ginsburg-anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-retire/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-28T18:36:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:43:07.460Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She'll Miss Justice Kennedy And His Art Recommendations og:description: "I will miss the pleasure of his company" og:url: https://time.com/5324910/ruth-bader-ginsburg-anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-retire/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94dc98b1cdd2da2f/69892719ab6d770e686b1b3b/gettyimages-912317326.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg At Roger Williams University og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She'll Miss Justice Kennedy And His Art Recommendations twitter:description: "I will miss the pleasure of his company" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94dc98b1cdd2da2f/69892719ab6d770e686b1b3b/gettyimages-912317326.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Going to Miss Justice Kennedy And His Art Exhibition Recommendations by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 28, 2018 6:36 PM UTC  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Roger Williams University Law School in Bristol, Rhode Iisland on Jan. 30, 2018. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Roger Williams University Law School in Bristol, Rhode Iisland on Jan. 30, 2018.Pat Greenhouse—The Boston Globe/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 28, 2018 6:36 PM UTC Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflected upon her decades-long relationship with Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced he’s [retiring from the high court](http://time.com/5323824/anthony-kennedy-retiring-supreme-court-trump/) in July. Ginsburg noted she would miss Kennedy once he’s gone in a [statement](https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=4563815-Statements-From-the-Supreme-Court-Regarding-the) following his retirement announcement, calling him a “true gentleman, a caring jurist and a grand colleague in all respects.” “I will miss the pleasure of his company at our Conference, his helpful suggestions on circulating opinions, his recommendations of art exhibitions to visit with my chambers staff, and much more,” Ginsburg said. Ginsburg has worked with Kennedy, who has served as a justice since he was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1988, since she was joined the Supreme Court in 1993. While Kennedy is known for leaning conservative and Ginsburg for being liberal in her decisions, the two frequently agreed on landmark Supreme Court decisions. Over the course of his career, Kennedy became the [deciding vote](http://time.com/5323863/justice-anthony-kennedy-retirement-time-cover/) on a number of court rulings, including the legalization of same-sex marriage and cases involving [abortion rights](http://time.com/5323890/anthony-kennedy-retirement-abortion-rights/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5324910/ruth-bader-ginsburg-anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-retire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5324910/ruth-bader-ginsburg-anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-retire/"},"headline":"Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Going to Miss Justice Kennedy And His Art Exhibition Recommendations","datePublished":"2018-06-28T18:36:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:43:07.460Z","description":"\"I will miss the pleasure of his company\"","url":"https://time.com/5324910/ruth-bader-ginsburg-anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-retire/","keywords":["Supreme Court","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94dc98b1cdd2da2f/69892719ab6d770e686b1b3b/gettyimages-912317326.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94dc98b1cdd2da2f/69892719ab6d770e686b1b3b/gettyimages-912317326.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg At Roger Williams University","caption":"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg At Roger Williams University","creditText":"Pat Greenhouse—The Boston Globe/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5324910/ruth-bader-ginsburg-anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-retire/","name":"Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Going to Miss Justice Kennedy And His Art Exhibition Recommendations"}}]}] ```