"I continue to aim for opinions that will, get it right and keep it tight, without undue digressions or decorations or distracting denunciations of colleagues with different views."

Ruth talks to Katie Couric about her life on the bench, some of her famous decisions {including her mixed feelings about Roe v. Wade } and why even as the oldest justice on the court she's not ready to retire.

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Ruth is known for simple, straightforward writing in her opinions, which she confesses, are sometimes considered, "boring", but her aim is to articulate a correct judgment rather than a fancy one.

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