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She came under fire for her Trump comments and later apologized, saying in a statement that they were \"ill-advised\" and \"I regret making them.\"

In fact, Ginsburg told NPR in October that she doesn't plan to retire anytime soon. \"I will retire when it's time,\" Ginsburg said. \"And, when is it time? When I can't do the job full-steam.\"

The Supreme Court's public information office declined to comment for this story.

The Origins of This Fake News Story

The text of this fake news story seems to have appeared for the first time on July 8 -- which is why the fake news story's line about how \"the Supreme Court is in recess for the summer\" seems so out of place.

On July 8, the same day as the first AP story was published, the fake news article appeared on a website called \"TheRightists.com.\" The Facebook \"like\" counter on the bottom of the page shows more than 81,000 likes. Neither the organization's Facebook page nor an email account associated with the page replied to requests for comment from ABC News.

The next day, the fake story was billed as a \"PRNTLY\" exclusive by Connor Balough on its site. The Washington Post covered \"Prntly\" in depth in April. When I asked Alexander Portelli, the \"CEO of Prntly,\" whether he was the author of the story via Facebook, he asked, \"Does it look like I have time to write stories?\" and blocked me.

The fake story currently making the rounds on Facebook has a new headline -- \"Breaking News: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is RESIGNING From The Post of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court!!!!\" -- but contains the exact same text, adding one new sentence at the top that falsely claims \"she will be resigning.\"

ABC News has launched \"The Real News About Fake News\" powered by Facebook data in which users report questionable stories and misinformation circulating on the platform. The stories will undergo rigorous reporting to determine if the claims made are false, exaggerated or out of context. Stories that editorial partners have also debunked will then appear flagged in your News Feed.

Editor’s note: An earlier version of the story included misspellings of the name of Justice Ginsburg.

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