Ginsburg suggests that she is at least five years older at the Supreme Court

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(CNN) – Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that she hopes to stay in the Supreme Court until the end of the year. 39, age of 90.

"I am now 85 years old," Ginsburg said Sunday. "My older colleague, Judge John Paul Stevens, resigned at the age of 90, so I think I'm at least five years older."

She has already hired paralegals for at least two terms .

Ginsburg spoke in New York after a production of "The Originalist", a play about the late Judge Antonin Scalia, at the theater 59E59

"If I had my choice of dissidents when I was writing for the court, it would be Justice Scalia, "Ginsburg said, saying that going back and forth would help form his arguments. "Sometimes it was like a game of ping-pong."

As a result, Ginsburg said, his landmark decision opening the Military Institute of Virginia to Cadets was his 18th project.

Asked by "The Originalist" Director Molly Smith says to her husband, Marty

: "My dear wife would say that the real symbol of the United States is not the bald eagle – it's a good thing. is the pendulum, "said Ginsburg. "And when he goes very far in one direction, you can count on his going back."

As for retirement or term limits, Ginsburg said no luck.

"You can not set term limits, because you have to amend the Constitution," said Ginsburg. "Article 3 says … we hold our offices during a good conduct."

"And most judges behave very well," she added, laughing.