Attitudes have changed swiftly in favor of same-sex marriage, which is now legal in 19 states and the District of Columbia, Ginsburg said in her wood-paneled office on the court's main floor.
She predicted that the justices would not delay ruling as they did on interracial marriage bans, which were not formally struck down until 1967.
"I think the court will not do what they did in the old days when thye continually ducked the issue of miscegenation," Ginsburg said. "If a case is properly before the court, they will take it."
Earlier this year, Ginsburg called Edie Windsor 'such a well-chosen plaintiff'
