Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is speaking tonight at the DC federal courthouse for the annual Flannery Lecture. She'll be interviewed by DC Circuit Judge David Tatel -- Tatel says it will be a conversation about judging 
Ginsburg begins with a tribute to former justice Sandra Day O'Connor, saying she shared Judge Flannery's belief in the importance of the independence and integrity of the judiciary
Ginsburg's now-famous personal trainer Bryant Johnson is here, so Tatel says he wants to do some fact checking. How many push-ups? A total of 20, Ginsburg says, with a break after 10 to breathe. How long does she hold a plank? 30 seconds, break, repeat, she says
Ginsburg's appearance here is always something of a homecoming, she served on the DC Circuit for more than a decade before her appointment to #SCOTUS in 1993. Many of the judges are in attendance. Not here today? Recent DC Circuit alumnus Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Tatel asks Ginsburg who she considers her audience when writing an opinion. Ginsburg replies the most immediate is judges and lawyers, the "consumers of our products." She says she tries to start with a press release-type opening so reporters on deadline get the key info
Ginsburg says she feels her opinion about Roe v. Wade has been misunderstood. She says she never doubted the correctness of the judgment re: the Texas abortion law at issue, but the "giant step" taken re: the scope of the decision was "not appropriate"
Tatel asks how Ginsburg decides which dissents to read from the bench, noting she did so when the court held employers can use arbitration agreements to block employee class actions. Ginsburg says she does it when she thinks the court is not just wrong "but egregiously so"
Tatel notes Scalia blamed the court for the politicization of the confirmation process. Ginsburg says she disagrees. "The obvious culprit is Congress," she says, pointing to the polarization between parties and lack of effort to reach across the aisle
Tatel asks if perhaps the proportion of 5-4 decisions contributes to the politicization of the process. Ginsburg acknowledges that some years there are a higher percentage of 5-4 decisions, but some years it's low. "We will see how this term shakes out," she says
Tatel asks if Ginsburg follows the effect of the court's decisions, noting her dissent in Shelby Country predicted a return to greater voter suppression. Has that come to pass? Ginsburg replies: "Sadly ... what I predicted is exactly what has happened"
Tatel asks what institutional barriers still exist to more women becoming judges. Ginsburg starts by talking about unconscious bias, shares the story of how symphony orchestras became far more diverse when auditions started taking place with a curtain hiding the player
The other major hurdle Ginsburg identifies is that workplaces don't account for the demands of working with a family
Tatel's last question is whether Ginsburg still believes her colleagues are open to persuasion. Ginsburg: "As long as we live, and listen, we can learn"
