Attacks Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as “her mind is shot” and demands she resign from the Supreme Court

After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called him a “faker” and warned in interviews that she could not imagine a Trump presidency, Trump fired back on July 13, 2016 by tweeting that her “mind is shot” and saying she should resign from the Supreme Court. NPR, CNN, Fortune, and other outlets quote him accusing Ginsburg of having “embarrassed all by her remarks” and insisting that she step down, framing her criticism not as normal free speech from a coequal branch but as evidence that she was mentally unfit to serve. The episode extends his pattern of attacking judges who cross him—following his accusations that Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s “Mexican heritage” created an “absolute conflict of interest” in the Trump University case—and signals his willingness to undermine the perceived legitimacy and independence of the judiciary when it does not defer to him.

"Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by her wild statements on Donald J. Trump. Her mind is shot – resign!" — July 13, 2016 tweet from @realDonaldTrump responding to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s criticism in multiple interviews, in which he said her “mind is shot” and called on her to resign from the Supreme Court.