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| US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has apologised for her recent criticism of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. | US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has apologised for her recent criticism of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. |
| Justice Ginsburg said she regretted her remarks and they were "ill-advised". | Justice Ginsburg said she regretted her remarks and they were "ill-advised". |
| "Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect," she said in a statement. | "Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect," she said in a statement. |
| The liberal judge, 83, came under fire after she called Mr Trump a "faker" in an interview with CNN. | |
| "He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego," she told CNN. | |
| On Wednesday, Mr Trump called on the top judge to retire after making "very dumb political statements" about him. | |
| Justice Ginsburg also recently told the New York Times she could not imagine a Trump presidency, joking that she would move to New Zealand if he should win in November. | |
| "I can't imagine what this place would be - I can't imagine what the country would be - with Donald Trump as our president," she said. | |
| Mr Trump hit back, telling the New York Times her comments were "highly inappropriate" and a "disgrace to the court". | |
| Critics on both the right and left said Justice Ginsburg may have risked her legacy to insult Mr Trump and could undermine the credibility of the Supreme Court. |