She would probably be happier if she retired and tried to enjoy what is left of her life, but she feels like she is helping to hold together the world so maybe that gives her a lot of satisfaction. People who feel like they are making a difference definitely have the ability to hang on much longer than those who no longer feel that they have a purpose. If Hillary had been elected she and Sotomayor would have retired almost immediately. Ginsberg would already be dead and forgotten.
She’s probably convinced that if it wasn’t for her. Trump would have declared himself Czar and would issuing pogroms against her fellow Jews. He would unleash roving bands of evangelicals who would round up, burn synagogues & beat Jews. I have met liberal Jews who are convinced that something like that is just around the corner. Certain the goyim are going to get’em! No amount of counter-fact, argument, or laughing in their face changes it!
RBG won’t give Trump the satisfaction of replacing her. She’ll hang on to 2020 at a minimum.
Happiness is being left wing Supreme Court Justice
All else id delusion. RBG