--- title: Donald Trump Responds to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Criticism description: "I think it’s a disgrace to the court, and I think she should apologize to the court" canonical: https://time.com/4404190/donald-trump-responds-ruth-bader-ginsburg/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-13T11:55:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:57.480Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Responds to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Criticism og:description: "I think it’s a disgrace to the court, and I think she should apologize to the court" og:url: https://time.com/4404190/donald-trump-responds-ruth-bader-ginsburg/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1ef88943fe5fcad/69889bb60a4a22af0c9ca6f6/ruth-bader-ginsburg.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. Supreme Court Women Justices Are Honored On Capitol Hill For Women's History Month og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Responds to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Criticism twitter:description: "I think it’s a disgrace to the court, and I think she should apologize to the court" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1ef88943fe5fcad/69889bb60a4a22af0c9ca6f6/ruth-bader-ginsburg.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg Should Leave SCOTUS by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 13, 2016 11:55 AM UTC  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at an annual Women's History Month reception hosted by Pelosi in the U.S. capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at an annual Women's History Month reception hosted by Pelosi in the U.S. capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.Allison Shelley—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 13, 2016 11:55 AM UTC [Donald Trump](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/us/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump-criticism.html?%5Fr=0) has responded to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s criticism of his candidacy, calling her remarks “highly inappropriate.” [Ginsburg](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/us/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-no-fan-of-donald-trump-critiques-latest-term.html) gave a series of interviews expressing concern about what a Trump presidency would look like, telling the New York _Times_, “I can’t imagine what this place would be—I can’t imagine what the country would be—with Donald Trump as our president … For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be—I don’t even want to contemplate that.” The [comments](http://time.com/4402787/ruth-bader-ginsburg-doubles-down-on-donald-trump-criticism-he-is-a-faker/) have come under scrutiny by some who say it’s not the role of the justices to support or oppose political campaigns, though there is no specific code of conduct for the Supreme Court prohibiting [Ginsburg’s remarks](http://time.com/4400491/ruth-bader-ginsburg-interview-donald-trump-merrick-garland-abortion/?iid=sr-link1). “I think it’s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a political campaign, frankly,” Trump told the New York _Times_. “I think it’s a disgrace to the court, and I think she should apologize to the court. I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.” “It’s so beneath the court for her to be making statements like that,” he added. “It only energizes my base even more. And I would hope that she would get off the court as soon as possible.” \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/us/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump-criticism.html?%5Fr=0)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4404190/donald-trump-responds-ruth-bader-ginsburg/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4404190/donald-trump-responds-ruth-bader-ginsburg/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg Should Leave SCOTUS","datePublished":"2016-07-13T11:55:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:57.480Z","description":"\"I think it’s a disgrace to the court, and I think she should apologize to the court\"","url":"https://time.com/4404190/donald-trump-responds-ruth-bader-ginsburg/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1ef88943fe5fcad/69889bb60a4a22af0c9ca6f6/ruth-bader-ginsburg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc1ef88943fe5fcad/69889bb60a4a22af0c9ca6f6/ruth-bader-ginsburg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Supreme Court Women Justices Are Honored On Capitol Hill For Women's History Month","caption":"U.S. Supreme Court Women Justices Are Honored On Capitol Hill For Women's History Month","creditText":"Allison Shelley—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":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4404190/donald-trump-responds-ruth-bader-ginsburg/","name":"Donald Trump Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg Should Leave SCOTUS"}}]}] ```