In an interview with BBC News, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg praised the national press for doing its job of reporting the truth. Specifically, she singled out the papers she reads every day.

"I read The Washington Post and The New York Times every day, and I think that the reporters are trying to tell the public the way things are,” the justice said.

Citing the Watergate scandal, Ginsburg added, “Think of what the press has done in the United States. That story might never have come out if we didn't have the free press that we do."

In this interview, the “Notorious RBG,” as she’s known by her liberal fans, stayed away from criticizing President Trump like she did last year when she said she’d move to New Zealand if he was elected. She later expressed regret over saying those words. But she wasn’t so silent on the GOP when talking to the BBC: "Our legislature - which is the first branch of government - is right now not working."

Ginsburg doesn't believe America is at its best right now, but found the Women’s March to be a ray of hope that things will get better:

"I've never seen such a demonstration - both the numbers and the rapport of the people in that crowd. There was no violence, it was orderly. So yes, we are not experiencing the best times but there is there is reason to hope that that we will see a better day."

"I am optimistic in the long run,” she added. “A great man once said that the true symbol of the United States is not the bald eagle. It is the pendulum. And when the pendulum swings too far in one direction it will go back.”