sandra day o'connor and ruth bader ginsburg. this was recorded at politics and prose bookstore in washington dc in 2015. it is about 50 minutes. >> all right. hello, hello. we are going to get started here. welcome to politics and prose. my name is justin. i am the program manager at the store. i can try to speak closer. thank you all for coming out tonight. we are honored to have linda hirshman speaking about "sisters in law". i have a few standard house notes. now would be the time to turn off any electronic devices that might be tempted to be beaten or buzz through the proceedings. she will take questions in the second half of the event. we ask that you use one of two microphones. looks like there's one tonight on my left. that way everyone here can hear it. lastly at the end if you could help us by resting your chairs against something sturdy table clean-up process greatly. now on to linda hirshman, former professor at brandeis university with a law degree from the university of chicago and a ph.d. in philosophy. she practic

it is an honor to welcome you to the first annual justice ruth bader ginsburg lecture at georgetown university law center. [applause] justice innsbruck lecture series features distinguished leaders who like justice ginsburg have committed their lives to furthering equality and human rights. it is an opportunity for our graduating students to hear from a giant in the law as she reflects on her career and offers advice to them as they graduate. that theuly fortunate first speaker in this series will be, of course, justice ginsburg. america -- another round of applause. [applause] justice ginsburg is a legend in the law and in life. she has served with the greatest distinction for the supreme court for the past 45 years, and if she had never been a justice, she would have earned notoriety to promoting gender equality. great justice, great advocate, and who else has come a cultural icon? [laughter] justice ginsburg has been , to namey followers only a few. numerous books including several coloring books, children's books, and of course an exercise book, and to upcoming movies. that this fitting le

i'm bill trader, and this is an honor to welcome you to the first annual justice ruth bader ginsburg electric cure at university georgetown law center. the justice ginsburg series will feature leaders who like judges of the facts ginsburg which committed their lives to furthering equality and human rights. it's an opportunity for offer graduating students to hear from a giant in the law as she reflects on her career and offers advice to them as they graduate. and, we are truly fortunate that the first speaker in this series will be of course justice ginsburg. another round of applause. [ applause ] and justice ginsburg is of course a legend in the law and in life. she has served with the greatest distinction with the supreme court for the past 25 years. even if she had never been a judge or a justice, she would still have earned a great place in legal history for her ground breaking work and advocate to promote gender equality. great justice, great advocate and who else has become a cultural icon? justice ginsburg has been honored by scores of followers to name only a few, a rap nickn

-- it bader ginsburg is getting ready to speak to students as part of her lecture series at the university's law center. [applause] >> boy, this is a great day. good afternoon, everyone, i am bill trainor, the dean of georgetown law and it is an honor to welcome you to this lecture at the georgetown university law center. >> [applause] trainor: we will feature distinguished leaders who like justice in sport have committed their lives to furthering equality and human rights. it is an opportunity for our graduating students to hear from a giant in the law as she reflects on a career and offers advice to them as they graduate. and we are truly fortunate that the first speaker in this series will be, of course, justice ginsburg. another round of applause. [applause] mr. trainor: and justice ginsburg is of course familiar with the law. ad even if she has never been judge or a justice kamaishi would still have earned a great place in legal history for her groundbreaking work as an toocate -- as an advocate promote gender equality. great justice. great advocate. and, who else, has become a cultural

testent bader ginsburg judge ruth bader ginsburg described the effect of roe v. wade on the abortion reform movement as being something like a resident development. it seemed to have stopped the momentum on the side of change and, of course, left an open that is still trying to resolve a political dispute through the court. in one sense, dred scott and e all sprang from the same root -- the desire to end political disagreement through the pronouncement of the court. it never works. scottott helped -- read -- dred scott helped bring on the civil war, just as roe v. wade rot on a cultural war that wages to this day. the legal consequences of dred scott were somewhat slim. allopinion was an meaningful ways overruled by the ratification of the 14th amendment in 1868. all personsied that born or naturalized in the united states were citizens of the united states and fabey the states from denying to any person in the jurisdiction the equal protection of laws. obviously, no state discrimination on the basis of race and maybe not on the basis of other immutable character

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sandra day o'connor and ruth bader ginsburg. this was recorded at politics and prose bookstore in washington dc in 2015. it is about 50 minutes.

another icon for people in san francisco in the area is ruth bader ginsburg. she's been a light during a dark political time right now. and this is one of those standud hout and cheer documentaries. it makes you feel like it's going to be better in theend. i think when we play this film during the festival, you'll see a real comfort for a lot of people, but i think also you'll see a lot of people standing up and cheering for this incredible woman. >> and something newi you're this year is hosting discussions around certain films. for example, the cleaners. w it's abo decides what we see online. let's look at a clip from that as well. >> facebook has a bigger population than any state in thl and so when it sensors, it's in some ways as powerful as state. >> ignore it. ignore. ignore. >> if i didn't have social media, i wouldn' be able to get the word out. i probably wouldn't be standing here. right? i probably wouldn't bedi st here. >> mark zuckerberg is now the front page editor for every newspaper in the world, effectively. >> so you're partnering with thn el

i overheard justice thomas talking last summer when someone asked him how he and ruth bader ginsburg got along so well, and he said we try to remember that the institution is more important than any of our opinions. i think this committee could help senators remember that this institution is more important than any of our opinions or partisan differences. it will be welcome by almost all of us. , we're in agreement that is something would like to have accomplished your, and we're willing to spend time and effort to do that. i think more and more fit leaders, the democrats and majority leader are hearing that members want to vote. give us a chance to vote, and one member -- complaining and objecting should be able to decide the rest of us don't get to participate in the process, or three members who don't want an amendment and they are worried about voting on. viewnk senator durbin's that if you don't want to vote, you should come to the senate, is the correct view. debate, is no further the question is reporting favorably of a senate resolution of 355 as amended. all those in favor w

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i overheard justice thomas asking last summer and someone asked him how he and ruth bader ginsburg got along so well and he said we try to remember the institution is more important than any of our opinion. i think this committee could help senators remember that this institution is more important than any of our opinions are partisan different is that it would be welcome, i believe, by almost all of us. >> well said. >> i think senator klobuchar and i are both in agreement that would like for that to be one of the things we get accomplished here and we are willing to bend our time and effort to do that. i think more and more the leaders in the majority leader are hearing that members want to vote, so give us a chance to vote and one member shouldn't be complaining an objective shouldn't be a lot to decide that the rest of us don't get to participate in the process or three members who don't want to have an amendment they are worried about voting on. i think senator durbin's view that if you don't want about coming shouldn't come to the senate is the correct view. so if there is no fur

they could have the greatest medical system in the world to keep her going for ruth bader ginsburg and when we used to be you tried to get somebody. i think earl warren was maybe his worst mistake. a lot of politicians went on the court. now, nobody goes on the court without knowing exactly where they stand on the issues. the battle becomes a political battle and as a result people -- the approval rating for the supreme court has dropped from the high 60s to about 40% over the last ten years or so. . . give me a scenario for fixing the damage. give me a dream scenario. >> a dream scenario, the first thing is we have to get much better people in government running for government. why don't they run? they run because the primaries, i hate to use the term, but in a sense the primaries are rigged for the activists. and how many people in this room consistently vote in primaries? you know, primaries is where the action is. if you look at the presidential situation the last time around, people say, oh, my god, what did we have? we had a woman who really was sort of entitled and didn't make a

ruth bader ginsburg said every constitution includes a provision that men and women are is thes of equalers and i want them to take out the constitution and say here is a basic premises of our system. that men and women are persons of equal citizenship stature. equal means equal. >>> that's tonight's last word. "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >> the reporter who proek the story is here tonight and the access hollywood tape in the headlines as we learn the search warrant on michael cohen included -- and will the president ever meet with robert mueller. we'll skt lawyer who defended bill clinton. paul ryan exits stage

ruth bader ginsburg said every constitution includes a provision that men and women are is thes of equalthree granddaughters and i want them to take out the constitution and say here is a basic premises of our system. that men and women are persons of equal citizenship stature. equal means equal. that's tonight's last word. coming up, much more on steve bannon's legal advice to donald trump. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >> new from "the washington post," steve bannon offers up a plan to cripple the russia investigation. the reporter who broke the story is here tonight. the "access hollywood" tape back in the headlines as we learn the search warrant on michael cohen included any communication about donald trump about that tape. will the president ever meet with robert mueller. we will ask the lawyer who defended bill clinton. steve kor nabbingy is at the big board. "the 11th hour" on a wednesday night

justice sonia sotomayor dissented, joined by justice ruth bader ginsburg, saying that it "tells officers that they can shoot first and think later, and it tells the public that palpably unreasonable conduct will go unpunished." and in florida, a jury at a federal court in fort lauderdale found former bolivian president gonzalo sanchez de lozada, and his ex-minister carlos sanchez berzain, responsible for extrajudicial killings carried out by the bolivian military in 2003. the massacre left at least 64 civilians dead and more than 400 wounded. the victims were killed as the military cracked down on protests that sparked an uprising against then-de lozada. -- been bolivian president de lozada. in la paz, bolivia on tuesday, family members of the victims gathered for a press conference to welcome the ruling, calling it a victory against impunity. this is juan patricio ispe, who lost his brother in the ssacre. a great it is satisfaction for as invoked this sentence is ratified. or us, do something unexpected that will not change. that will be written into the history of our country, that cen

someone asked him how he and ruth bader ginsburg got along so well and he said he could as we try to remember that the institution is more important and any of our duties. i think this committee could help senators remember that this institution is more important and any ofis our opinions are partisan differences. it would be welcome i believe by almost all of us. >> well said. >> thank you. senator clover -- klobuchar and i are in agreement that that's one of things we'd like to accomplishing and we are willino to spend their time and effort to do that. i think more and more the leaders of the democratic whip and the majority leader hearing that numbers want to vote to give the chance to vote and one memberr complaining an object ding shouldn't be able to decide that the rest of us don't get to participate in the process but three members who don't want an amendment they are worried on voting on i think senator durbin's view that if you don't want to vote you should become to the senate is the correct view. if there is no further debate the question is on reporting favorably on sena

and then ruth bader ginsburg talking about her life and work at the georgetown university law center.ill have awe discussion on the first amendment in the digital age with legal experts and journalists. sunday, on c-span's q, theoretical physicist and archer kaku oh cockapoo -- michio talks about his book. you will see the bones

supreme court justice ruth later -- it bader ginsburg is getting ready to speak to students as part of her lecture series at the university's law center.