and for more insight on this we can speak now to political scientist boris foreman from bach bard college here in berlin can you tell us what is the legacy of ruth bader ginsburg i mean she's been she's known as a feminist somebody who was very vocal and very strong on women's rights and very successful and so we shouldn't forget that someone who was leading the liberal wing at the moment of start full of or is a she was still able to to fight for her own cause one thing that's also remember remember to serve dissent on an important decision. for you 2000 tents so she's doing a very strong and very visible. judge almost with a face fanbase towards the end of his life. no she just passed away but it's an election period in the united states and people are already talking about what should happen next and who does it benefit no with the election just weeks away. i mean very generally speaking it benefits trump i mean one of the one of his strong suits has been trying to pack the courts not just the supreme court but. juxtaposition to other presidents he's had no if 3rd possibility to nomina

for more let's bring in boris foreman u.s. political analyst at bard college here in berlin thanks so much for joining us today race relations is emerging as a campaign issue but when you listen to the 2 candidates it seems like they're talking about completely different topics what's behind the different takes on the same issue. yeah i mean you're absolutely right they are talking about well they're talking about the same issues but they're talking about them from very different angles it's obvious that race relations has shaped america from the very get go so it's not entirely surprising that it would become a companion to at some point biden is trying to send a message of healing and reconciliation between minorities and majority groups the whites well the white population trump does quite the opposite he's been following and pursuing a politics of fear at least since well the last year or so after the congressional elections 2 years ago and what he's trying to do is to fuel anger because he things where he seems to think t