The photo was actually taken at an event on November 16, 2018 at the White House, awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Justice Scalia received the award posthumously.
I searched around on the internet and found a similar photo taken at the same event.
Note the outfit Justice Ginsberg is wearing, and the dress worn by Justice Kavanaugh's wife, sitting behind Ginsberg. That is how we can tell when and where the photo was taken.
When I read the NYT article, I saw that the photo was credited to one Sarah Silbiger. I panicked! I know Sarah Silbiger, or at least I did, years ago. She was one of my daughter’s good friends in HS. The last time I saw her was about 5 years ago, and she still seemed to be the sweet young lady that I thought she was. Thankfully, I looked up my Sarah, and she is not a photojournalist. How awful to have the same name as someone else, who you may be confused with! I guess that can happen to any of us, depending on the commonality of your name.
Yes it’s obvious a Holiday photo. Wonder her and Roberts are plotting.