. - [sighs] it's been 41 days since justice ginsburg died. time, amy coney barrett has been confirmed to the supreme court. and i've thrown and cracked 24 cell phone screens. not all of them mine. - hey, babe? have you seen my phone? - but you know what? we have decades to worry about that human chastity belt. right now, i want to talk about rbg. ruth bader ginsburg's death has hit a lot of people hard, especially women. - [bleep]! - and i think it's because-- - mommy? - i think it's because-- - mommy? - buddy, can mommy please just have two minutes to cry in a closet? - again? - i think it's because, as american women, ruth is a big reason why we've made it this far. long before she got to spend 27 years in the middle of this comb-over sandwich, rbg was already changing the world for women. in 1972, she cofounded the aclu's women's rights project. there, alongside pioneers like dorothy kenyon and pauli murray, she spent years carefully laying the groundwork to force u.s. law to acknowledge something radical. women are, like, full-on people.

, justice ginsburg had written introduction to the book. yet is the hud not published. several publishers we knew had to turn it down, justice ginsburg got the idea that it might be fun to take her conversation and plan it carefully and turn it into a book but we would only offer it to the uc press saying we wanted them to take herma's book and wanted them to be released together. >> what were the conversations about the approach because i'm confident that you are truly co-authors and really partners and how to think about it and promote it and how to frame it, talk to me about those conversations. >> she and i went back and forth extensively before the event on the conversation that we were going to have the planet conversation that would cover the ark of the life that is the first component that's where we started we wanted to cover her life from her childhood through her time on the supreme court and i know i didn't she did and we wanted to talk a lot about her family and marty and marty is very large in our conversation. then we had an

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ginsburg, i believe that mr. ginsburg is actually and his department, deeply involved and linked to this non-profit. i say that at a time when we're going through a self-examination, around corruption, through non profits. and the behavior that has been exhibited by this particular non-profit, that is remarkably arrogant that mr. ginsburg as full knowledge of, is unbecoming. it's remarkable. i met with supervisor melgar this morning on a social visit and i said to her that had this happened to any member of the elected individuals in this town, the mayor, my 10 colleagues, the treasurer, the assessor, i would be taking the same position. the behavior exhibited by drew becker and his board, relative to one supervisor, that was district and should have been district today this supervisor is outrageous. the fact that phil ginsburg and martin buell, president for life of the rec and park commission, sent us a letter saying that they were sorry about the rupture between our board and their non-profit is not the answer

. >> on this day in 1993, president bill clinton nominated ruth bader ginsburg to the u.s.y a 96-3 vote in the senate, justice ginsburg would serve 27 years on the high court until her death from pancreatic cancer last september. >> what day in history >>> hollywood is mourning the death this morning of the legendary actor ned beatty perhaps best known for the 1972 survival film "deliveance" in which he plays a pudgy vacationer who is brutally sexually assaulted by a back woodsman in a ten-minute scene that many found difficult to watch. four years later, he received an oscar nomination for his role as a corporate executive in the 1976 film "network." >> you have meddled with the primal forces of nature, mr. beal, and i won't have it. is that clear? do you think you merely stopped a business deal? that is not the case the arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back. >> he was so good. beatty also had memorable roles in such classic films as "all the president's men," "nashville," "the big easy" and later on tv roles in roseanne an

and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million. so i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we asked, well, how much does this darned thing cost? and we all know the answer to that. but let me also say a week after that conversation right here, i was sitting in room 200 with mayor breed and she said -- and i think that this is one of those one-two things. she said, david chu, you heard about this project called india baseip? and i said -- basin. and i said, i have. well, we're making this a priority. and i just have to say, mayor breed, thank you for your leadership. i think that but for you -- and i know that supervisor walton and phil ginsburg and so many folks here, you are the village that is making this happen. so thank you. [applause] let me just end with one thing. so i am a resident. i live about 10 minutes from here and i moved to the southeast neighborhood the day that my son was born five years ago. and i moved -- we moved here in pa

and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million.i said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we asked, well, how much does this darned thing cost? and we all know the answer to that. but let me also say a week after that conversation right here, i was sitting in room 200 with mayor breed and she said -- and i think that this is one of those one-two things. she said, david chu, you heard about this project called india baseip? and i said -- basin. and i said, i have. well, we're making this a priority. and i just have to say, mayor breed, thank you for your leadership. i think that but for you -- and i know that supervisor walton and phil ginsburg and so many folks here, you are the village that is making this happen. so thank you. [applause] let me just end with one thing. so i am a resident. i live about 10 minutes from here and i moved to the southeast neighborhood the day that my son was born five years ago. and i moved -- we moved here in part b

phil ginsburg, your yes has been extraordinary. it's a federal holiday and his people were here, apprentices in the program that teaches them horticulture and they have been helping us for four days. (applause) ralph remington, our new director of cultural affairs for the san francisco art division. your yes is the beginning of a reckoning within our system. i'm so grateful you said yes. thank you. (applause) it's pretty exciting today and i have some other work to do. i put a bowl here. i've got all this hair, i can't really see. monumental reckoning is bigger than all of us. and i'm not speaking of the ancestors here. i'm talking about a reckoning in this country. it's time. the time is now. the place that it begins for us is here. (applause) i'm a different person than i was before i got a call from a man named ben davis who asked me if i would be interested in talking about doing art here in this space. i never thought that -- i won't say that we didn't really get here. i knew once we got on the path we would get here. but i wa

ginsburg. he's the director of the san francisco rec and parks, and he's a national rec and park ranger. thank you for being here. >> hi, chris. thank you for having me. >> i've heard you have an exciting new exhibit that features social distancing and is outside, so it's safer. can you tell us a little bit about it? >> the golden gate 50 anniversary wasn't the celebration that we hoped for, but when life deals you lemons, you hope to make lemonade, and we tried to engage people in the park in different ways. behind me is what we did. it's a public exhibit which has transformed peacock meadows into an enchanted forest of other worldly shapes and lights. it's to close out golden gate park's 150 years and to allow people to have outdoors socially distant fun. >> great. and what are the hours, and when can people go see it, and are there access for wheelchairs and strollers? >> well, it will run until february 27, and the ways are wheelchair accessible. it will close in time to make the city's cur

six years earlier, senator moynihan gave bob katzmann the job of guiding ruth bader ginsburg throughe ginsburg said, when president clinton nominated me, senator moynihan thought it would be useful for me to have a savvy, sympathetic counselor as i made my way from one senator's office to another's. bob katzmann was that counselor. he died yesterday after a long illness. today, the attorney general of the united states said, we lost a giant yesterday with the passing of judge robert katzmann, humble and modest in demeanor, he leaves behind a legion of family, friends, and colleagues who will feel his loss because he enriched our lives through our relationship to him, but that number pales in comparison to the lives he touched through his work, people who will never know the name of the man who helped make their lives better. attorney general garland spoke for all of us who were lucky enough to know bob katzmann and call him a friend when the attorney general said, bob was my friend. i saw firsthand his decency, compassion and humility, his wife, sister, and brothers have my deepest s

i returned it to the library the day ruth bader ginsburg died. this is the most pro-corporate court that we've had under justice roberts. the most. i mean, they've overturned state decisions on lawsuits for fishermen in alaska getting money from oil spills. when we think about all these huge decisions, but we don't hear about a lot of the ones, the small ones that really affect us on a daily level, and it's gotten much, much more politicized. i don't know what the answer is. if they overturn the affordable care act, it's going to be a real problem in this country. and i do think that they have tried in their interpretation of the constitution, because the law is very complicated and can be interpreted in different ways -- >> valerie, the court certainly had the opportunity to overturn the affordable care act before and notably did not. >> caller: and they did not. but it's been law for 11 years and they accepted another case, john. >> you think they will this time? >> caller: i have no idea. i actually do not think that they will, because i think

ginsburg and tumlin have made a predetermined thought that they want it closed. therefore it will be closed. there are parks everywhere with accommodating drivers. also, they like to bring up the embarcadero. there are bike lanes and cars. why can't that happen on the great highway? >> thank you, caller. >> thank you very much for your time. >> your minute begins now. >> i am paula. i live in district four. five blocks from the great highway. i strongly urge you to adopt the staff report. i support three opening great highway and closing to vehicle traffic. it is safer than two and four. if you squeeze everyone to two instead of four lanes there are bound to be accidents. i love walk on the great highway. it is wonderful to walk with open space and the views of the pacific ocean. it bringings joy and exercise. it reminds me every day i live in the most beautiful city in the world. i see families with kids, families with strollers and senior citizens and bicycles. it will be a major attraction. please support concept three. >> your minute begins now. >> good after

goodbye discussing the life and work of ruth bader ginsburg. >> justice ginsburg many people may know if you worked for her was one of the hardest working individuals ever to live. she had an extraordinary work ethic. she expected the same of her clerks. she had exacting standards and held us up to those standards but never asked more of us then she asked of herself. and that is a special thing about her leadership and mentor ship because she carried you along with her and you wanted to prove yourself to her and rise to your very best i analogize working with her i'm big on sports analogies it's like playing on a sports team is michael jordan. she weighed just push you to rise to be your best but also very much invested and did it in real time. it wasn't something that came later. for example when we would go back-and-forth with her one of the thing the clerks do is work with justices to write opinions we would give her a draft and give it to her triple spaced pages and come back completely covered in ink. and this is a theme because this happens again with about 20 years later. we co

i want to start by thanking park and rec and the director of park and rec phil ginsburg. we were supposed to celebrate the golden gate park last year. a lot went into making it is what it is right now. sounds and equipment things we may not see. and i want to thank for the work and fundraising done to make this amazing. so martin luther got the first opportunity to perform and it feels good. we're going to see more activities and events here in golden gate park. but today is so special. i get emotional every time i think about how far we have come as african americans. yes, there are challenges. and those challenges will continue to persist as long as we sit to the side and don't work and fight to do what is necessary. to change the lives of what's happening all over the country. not just here in san francisco. today we celebrate that milestone. now, black people, we always celebrated juneteenth as a holiday. amen? so now, finally, people understand the significance of what this means for us. my grandmother, who wasn't far removed from slavery, worked as a share cropper w

and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million.said, okay, all right, you know, money -- we'll get another $8 million. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we asked, well, how much does this darned thing cost? and we all know the answer to that. but let me also say a week after that conversation right here, i was sitting in room 200 with mayor breed and she said -- and i think that this is one of those one-two things. she said, david chu, you heard about this project called india baseip? and i said -- basin. and i said, i have. well, we're making this a priority. and i just have to say, mayor breed, thank you for your leadership. i think that but for you -- and i know that supervisor walton and phil ginsburg and so many folks here, you are the village that is making this happen. so thank you. [applause] let me just end with one thing. so i am a resident. i live about 10 minutes from here and i moved to the southeast neighborhood the day that my son was born five years ago. and i moved -- we moved here in part bec

. >> joining us to discuss is ben ginsburg, the co-author of a new op-ed in the "new york times" calledte election officials are under attack. we will defend them. your co-author, your co-author, bob bauer, another election lawyer. what was your reaction when you read over the weekend that mark meadows, then the white house chief of staff, was pushing the justice department to act -- to investigate some -- i mean, some crazy election theories like the idea that people in italy were using satellites to and military technology to switch votes from trump to biden. i mean, the white house chief of staff telling the attorney general, the acting attorney general to look into that. >> the inappropriateness of it was frankly my first reaction because there are established protocols, norms for the way the white house deals with the justice department. that was thrown completely out the window and then the substance of what he was asking the justice department to do was so out of line, inappropriate, never going to work, never should have been looked at, so overall it was another norm being buste

here's a portion of the program. >> justice ginsburg too many people may know but certainly if you workedou know is one of the hardest working individuals ever to live. she had an extraordinary work ethic and she expected the same of her clerks. she had exacting standards and held us up to the standards but she never as more of us then she asked of herself. and i think that is a real special thing about her leadership and her mentorship, because she sort of carried out you along with her. in effect you wanted to prove yourself to her and you wanted to rise to your very best. i have analogized working for her to playing on, i think a sports analogies. it's like playing on a sports team with michael jordan or to bar for soccer, -- she dutifully pushed you to rise to be your best but she also very much invested in her clerks and she did it in real time. it wasn't something that came necessarily just later. so, for example, when we would go back and forth with the one of the main things is work together writing the pain it's a weird giver a draft opinion and would give it to her and triple sp

and applause >> jimmy: now, heather, ruth bader ginsburg -- is your tortoise a baby tortoise >> yeah me a high five >> jimmy: like, right now if you put your finger, would she give you a high five now, not in the tank? >> hm. >> jimmy: yeah, there you go there you go now -- [ cheers and applause yep, she's thinking about it she's think -- yes [ cheers and applause ♪ that's what i'm talking about! that's what i'm talking about! that's what i'm talking about! yes! that is a talented, talented tortoise, right there! thank you for that i loved it all right, let's meet our next pet. hello. welcome. what is your name, and where are you from >> my name is caroline, and i'm from nashville, tennessee. >> jimmy: oh [ cheers and applause ♪ we love nashville, tennessee i had some great times over in nashville, tennessee now, who do you have there with us what's the name of the dog here >> this is tuesday she's a golden retriever >> jimmy: oh, hi tuesday hi tuesday hi tuesday tuesday! hi, tuesday. [ light laughter ] such a golden retriever. i love it. [ light laughter ] what is tuesday's talent w

so i certainly wish we could have filled that seat that ruth bader ginsburg had retired a little earlier. i wish that for steven breyer. but i won't be calling him up and asking him to do so. >> the difference between your side and the other side. either you play to your advantage or you don't. let me check a couple of other boxes while i have you. one, the talking filibuster. everybody wants to know what you have with biden only. biden isn't your obstacle. it's manchin. have you gone to senator joe manchin and said let's keep the filibuster but let's put back the old rules so it is not an inexhaustible effort? >> i did briefings for every mental of my caucus that talk about these different strategies, to restore this broken instrument. this is the no debate version of obstruction. >> any buy-in? >> so, since then i haven't had conversations with him about it. he did speak publicly at some point and said he supported the talking filibuster. it makes sense that those who want to obstruct have to show up and have to be speaking on the floor of the senate to earn that right to a delay. >> s

he has a very different approach to the supreme court than even ruth ginsburg did as a political matterhe thinks the court should be seen as a nonpolitical institution. he's told me, i hate it when you say, you know, the democratic appointees say this and the republican -- we're all just judges. democrats are beside themselves with rage about that attitude, because they see how donald trump, how mitch mcconnell, in a very intentional way, used their power to move the supreme court to the right, and here's breyer saying, well, you know, maybe i i'll just leave when the next president comes in or maybe i'll leave when there's a republican senate. he's not saying it explicitly, but he's saying it implicitly, and democrats are saying, how can you do that when everything you stand for is up for grabs now in the supreme court? and, you know, but this is just one person's decision. he's 82 years old, which is not the new anything. and he's in good health as far as we know, but 82 is still 82. there's a democratic majority, barely, in the current u.s. senate. if historical trends continue, it w

>> justice ruth bader ginsburg. that's the answer. well, there's actually two answers.e that hillary clinton would be elected president and that she would be able to retire and have her successor named by the first woman president. it didn't work out that way. the second reason is mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell not only, obviously, denied merrick garland, now the attorney general a seat on the supreme court or a hearing about the seat on the supreme court but rushed through justice barrett as justice ginsburg's replacement. he had a thing that pushed me over the edge to writing this was really two things. first of all, senator mcconnell had an interview with our colleague -- >> ah. ruth, ruth, actually, we have some sounds. let's play it and then we'll pick it up on the other side. >> but it -- >> the rule you applied in 2016 to the school ya va -- scalia vacancy apply in 2024 to any vacancy there? >> well, i think it's in the middle of a presidential election. if you have the senate of of the opposite party of the president, you have to go back to the 1880s to find t

and then ginsburg said that we need another $8 million.on. and then he said, we need another $25 million. and then we asked, well, how much does this darned thing cost? and we all know the answer to that. but let me also say a week after that conversation right here, i was sitting in room 200 with mayor breed and she said -- and i think that this is one of those one-two things. she said, david chu, you heard about this project called india baseip? and i said -- basin. and i said, i have. well, we're making this a priority. and i just have to say, mayor breed, thank you for your leadership. i think that but for you -- and i know that supervisor walton and phil ginsburg and so many folks here, you are the village that is making this happen. so thank you. [applause] let me just end with one thing. so i am a resident. i live about 10 minutes from here and i moved to the southeast neighborhood the day that my son was born five years ago. and i moved -- we moved here in part because i believe that the future of san francisco is reflected in the

ginsburg, did i see your hand up?ce and the controller's office and the city attorney's office and all of the members of the public who have offered comment. this is a good, important step, and it strengthens and supports philanthropy and we're excited to move forward. >> chairman: commissioner mcdonald, i do believe i see your hand up. >> yes, sir. thank you so much. i just wanted to (a) thank all parties for, again, the work on developing this and strengthening this m.o.u. and partnership. we've heard all of the public and other comments around the value and importance of the partnership and more broadly the investments of philanthropy that have enabled so many great things to happen in and across our whole parks system. so i think that is fantastic. and just a footnote, a personal perspective i would add to this discourse: while there were many kind of challenging dynamics that led to this moment, and that sometimes pitted the value of philanthropy versus, you know, the value of our parks, questioning the kind of i

among the many accomplishment helping to launch americorps national service program with ruth bader ginsburg and then worked in washington dc serving on numerous boards with the governing board of the american constitution society a visible speaker and writer in the public dialogue of anti- asian hate when connecticut attorney general took office became the first asian-american elected to state office. prior to taking office he practiced for 18 years as a litigator in state and federal courts with 12 years in the connecticut general assembly. a connecticut native grip the son of immigrants enter degrees from brown university and university of chicago school of law. through his leadership role to state attorneys general and his own office general has advocated on a wide range of issues including advancing civil rights fighting the opioid crisis and for violation of antitrust laws taking on big tech and protecting the environment. he andar the district of columbia attorney general recently hosted a c landmark national convening state attorney general's there into asian hate. before turning to

ginsburg. i appreciate the time you have given us. >> chris, thank you. big shout out to the rec and park staff who are heroes. they have provided emergency child care, kept our parks open, restrooms open, facilitated use of parks for food distribution and testing, they have kept people safe. the staff have been heroes and they deserve our collective respect and admiration. >> i totally agree. that is it for this episode. we will be back shortly. you are watching coping with covid-19. thanks for watching. >> chair haney:this meeting exactly to order. this is the june 25th, budget and appropriations committee, i'm matt haney, the chair of the committee and i'm joined by president walton and supervisors ronen and safai and mar and our clerk is mr. brant olivia. and i thank sfgov-tv for broadcasting this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: thank you, mr. chair. the minutes will reflect that the committee members participated through video conference to the same extent as physically present. and the access to city services is essentia

-- glia, in our final clip will have a bit of him talking about a decision along with ruth bader ginsburglisten. >> you can be using your first amendment rights and it can be abominable that you're using your first amendment rights. i will defend your right to use it, but i will not defend the appropriateness of the manner in which you're using it now. that can be very wrong. >> justice scalia, was praised by some, criticize for others for his decision in the flagburning case. i imagine that you thought the act itself was reprehensible. justice scalia: i would have sent that guy to jail if i was king. [laughter] >> but you are ruling that you -- he had the right to burn the flag. justice scalia: yes, you have your right to express content -- express your contempt for the government. it does not mean it was a good thing for him to do that, in that manner by burning a symbol that meant so much to so many other people. but he had the right to do it. susan: two of the justices on today's supreme court talking about the evolution of free speech in society. he said that the schenck case was an

again, ruth bader ginsburg was a hero to a lot of the progressive community.we are told these mobile billboards are going around washington, d.c., with his message for breyer to retire. it's amazing to see aoc answer that question, saying she is not taking a hard stance on it. why do you think that is? >> because i think she recognizes that she has no influence over justice breyer to the degree that is being publicly pressured. i think it backfires. i think she resisted. if you put a billboard in front of my house or something, my inclination would be to do the opposite of what they do. i think it's a very tough, it's a very tough thing to ask much less demand. i also don't think though justices feel allegiance to the political party, even the parties whose president may have nominated them to the bench. i'm not sure they are supposed to. i am rooting for justice breyer to hang in there. >> sandra: having interviewed one of the justices myself, neil gorsuch, promises to always put politics aside when he makes his decision. justice breyer obviously caught up wi

among his many accomplishments for national service programs in the us supreme court for justice ginsburg and worked with the litigation practice in washington dc serving on numerous boards the most notable of course of the american constitution society and visible speaker and writer and the public dialogue fantasia and hate and in january 2019 to become the first asian-american all state and federal courts in 19 diversity of chicago school of law and to the leadership role among the state attorneys general he has advocated a wide range of issues including advancing civil rights and pursue for violation of antitrust laws taking on big tech and protecting the environment. he in the district of columbia recently hosted a landmarkon state attorney general's of anti- asian hate. >> so just to brief the set the stage to underscore what i already know to be directed against asian american community is resurfacing of the anti- asian hate that's always been present to have a long history as a first arrived in the country. explained it was beyond question that congress could prevent foreign encroa

she's also the author of notorious rbg, the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg. thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you for having me, zerlina. >> erin, speak to why eel law school in particular, is really a power center. and how these two professors were at the center of it? >> sure. one of the reasons i was interested in reporting on this piece is precisely this nexus of power that you mentioned. that four supreme court justices that are sitting on the court right now attended, including brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuch, sonia shorter mayor, samuel alito. and the kind of pathway to power those go through law school. but it also go through very powerful professors to correct men students for all kind of opportunities. chief among them the clerk ships. if you get one of these clerk ships on the supreme court puts you on a big path in corporate law can involve a 400,000 dollar bonus. just to sign a deal with a law firm. six of the nine current supreme court justices clerk to on the supreme court themselves. so it might even lead you to the supreme c

phil ginsburg, your yes has been extraordinary.ginning of a reckoning within our system. i'm so grateful you said yes. thank you. (applause) it's pretty exciting today and i have some other work to do. i put a bowl here. i've got all this hair, i can't really see. monumental reckoning is bigger than all of us. and i'm not speaking of the ancestors here. i'm talking about a reckoning in this country. it's time. the time is now. the place that it begins for us is here. (applause) i'm a different person than i was before i got a call from a man named ben davis who asked me if i would be interested in talking about doing art here in this space. i never thought that -- i won't say that we didn't really get here. i knew once we got on the path we would get here. but i want to thank you for your vision, your creative vision which has provided so much beauty and awe and joy for the people of san francisco from the bay bridge lights to the pink triangle to grace cathedral being lit up, to the beautiful conservetory of flowers. thank you. th

susan, the stakes for this have clearly been heightened, one because of the death of ruth bader ginsburgsh her replacement through the court in about a month, and two, because you've got mitch mcconnell who after what happened with merrick garland back in 2016 has this week indicated that if he takes back -- if republicans take back the senate and he's the senate majority leader in 2024, the final year of joe biden's term that he might block a biden appointment. so both of those make the question of whether or not briar steps down now a little bit more pressing. >> it's really focused the attention of democrats. i agree with karl that an ad is not likely to persuade the justice to step down. joe biden was a member of the senate judiciary committee when steven briar was a counsel to the senate judiciary committee. they've known each other for decades a. this is an issue that must be -- would certainly be approached with some delicacy but i don't think it's impossible that justice briar at age 82 would take into account this timetable that mitch mcconnell has set, saying not in 2024, no co

risk gator ruth gator ginsburg. by the chief janice roberts and justice alito authored the mighty concurring opinion teasing out this principle of autonomy even more so than a broader sense broader than the chief justice's opinion did. and then joined by justice lena, nine - zero my dear friends. why. because the supreme court of the united states and we are talking about almost membership but it was unanimously in favor of church economy in the face of a serious potential violation of civil rights. the americans of disabilities act. and i believe justice kagan joined b it. and the c concurring opinion) it and now at last summer, the atonomy principal was reticulated into cabin school cases where it's going to be i thought we would win for the voices of liberty would win. but i thought that it was a very whard case because los angeles dioceses didn't even read, require teachers to be a catholic and yet there were certain religious students that each teacher had and that was sufficient to carry the day seven - two ma

in retrospect, justice ginsburg probably should retire so we wouldn't have coney barrett, we would havene more evenhanded or perhaps progressive. so that's one of the lessons we've learned. they packed the court so is all federal society, 100 percenters. we need to confirm judges -- we need to consider getting back to those two judges that they stole on the supreme court. >> in terms of that mcconnell strategy, essentially what he did to your point is packed the federal bench with conservative jurors. does that complicate the potential for a progressive biden agenda if we're able to see the biden administration pass some of the things that are on the table, what happens when they're challenged in court and we have all of these conservative judges on the bench? >> i think it is a real fear. they got rid of the blue slip, you know at the blue slip is. for example, if president trump nominated a circuit court judge from my circuit, i didn't handed my blue slip saying that i don't want this guy, normally i would go back to my state, form a committee to select someone who's respected by ever

a look at this date in history. 28 years ago, president bill clinton nominated judge ruth bader ginsburg court. >> the announcement the president just made is significant, i believe, because it contributes to the end of the days when women at least the talent pool that our society appear in high places only as one at a time performers. my nunormal? fewer asthma attacks with nucala. a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. nucala reduces eosinophils, a key cause of severe asthma. nucala is not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your doctor about nucala. find your nunormal with nucala. >>> welcome back. ahead of wednesday's big meeting, vladimir putin sat down with nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons last week for his first

joining me now is cnn contributor ben ginsburg. he is a well known, long time republican elect turn. he is also joined by editorial director at a nonprofit newsroom covering voting in election security. thank you both. if lies about the election led to violence, we know it did, how real is the threat of this happening again? >> i think it's very real. and i think that if the republican party does not realign itself and adjust to the expectations of some of its more extreme members, then we will see violence again. i mean, we're holding local elections every day as we speak. the confidence and the lack of confidence in elections is crucial to daily activity and democracy and this needs to happen sooner rather than later. >> and the lack of confidence in elections is something that really concerns you then. if trump himself is not going to let this go, he is still in control of the republican party. we know this. if this is the focus of the party going into the next election, what will that mean? >> well, it will mean a few things. f

ruth bader ginsburg when she was still on the court, there were calls for her to step down when obamasident and the democrats control the house. she did not step down at her seat is now filled by president trump with amy coney barrett who could cast the deciding vote to overturn roe v. wade. i agree with dolly yet would be great to have forms but democrats two play the small boardgame, too. " out of turn to one of those decisions just made. yes, the supreme court's unionbusting decision last wednesday in which the justices ruled 6-3 that the california labor law violates the constitutional rights of property owners by giving union organizers access to workers on privately owned-farms during their work breaks. the ruling strikes down a crucial part of a landmark 1975 labor law that was the nation's first to recognize agricultural workers' rights to collective bargaining and grew out of efforts by the united farm workers to demand better pay and working conditions for california's agricultural workers. for more, in addition to adam cohen, we are joined by camila chavez, executive direct

she is also the author of notorious rbg, the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg.ar is really a power center, and how these this two professors were at the center of it. >> sure. one of the reason i was interested in reporting on this is this nexus of power that you mentioned. that four supreme court justices sitting on the court right now attended, including brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuch, sewn ya sotomayor and samuel alito. the kind of pathway to power goes through law school, but it goes through professors who can recommend students for all kinds of opportunities, chief among them the clerkships. if you get one of these clerkships on the supreme court, it puts you on a glide path. in corporate law, it can involve a $400,000 bonus just to sign a deal with a law firm. six of the nine supreme court justices clerked on the supreme court court themselves. it might even lead you to the supreme court. it's sort of a pipeline to a lot of the powers that be right now. so for two individuals who happen to be married to each other, happen to be pretty colorful characters

supreme court for justice ruth bader ginsburg and worked in washington, d.c. he served on numerous boards, among the most notable, of course, is on the governing board of the american constitution society. he's been a visible speaker and writer in the public dialogue on anti-asian hate. connecticut attorney general william tong took office in january of 2019, he became the first asian-american elected to state office there. prior to taking office, he practiced for 18 years as a litigator in both state and federal courts and served for 2 years in the connecticut general assembly. a connecticut native, general tong grew up the song of immigrants and earned degrees from brown university and the university of chicago school of law. through his leadership role, among state attorneys general and his own office, general tong has advocated on a wide range of issues, including advancing civil rights, fighting the opioid crisis, pursuing the drug industry for violation of antitrust laws, taking on big tech and protecting the environment. he and district of columbia atto

the shelby county decision was when ruth bader ginsburg was still on the supreme court this is a different court, a court with gorsuch, amy coney barrett, three republican appointees plus clarence thomas plus samuel alito. even if john roberts were to join the three remaining liberals, there's not five votes for the moderation that democrats hope for. >> a very interesting point. i will say thank you for your "star trek" analnalogy. i found it illustrative. >> we were skeptical. >> i was initially. he turned me around. >> i'm not even a trekkie but it deals with a system you can't win in. there's no way to succeed unless you change the rules. >> you have to break the system. >> exactly. >> is the lesson. >> kirk taught me that. >> we'll see if democrats are learning -- >> i would say may the force be with you but that's the wrong one. >> you caught yourself. twitter won't let it go. we will. jeffrey toobin, thank you. the votes are still being counted here in new york city's mayoral primary. we will break down where things stand. plus, a significant potential upset in buffalo looking more

do you remember what happened with president obama and ruth bader ginsburg.ed up getting another seat. what do you think? should -- should he retire? >> well, i think he's got too thto think about this. and there is no question that i think mcconnell's statements today is going to put a little bit more pressure. but, you know, justice breyer was ted kennedy's chief counsel when i worked on the senate judiciary committee, 40-something years ago. he's been an amazing supreme court justice. he is -- he understands, both, the judicial, as well as the political dynamics. and he is going to do, i believe, what he feels like is in the best interest of the country. and i'm going to trust that judgment of his. i have trusted it ever since i saw him as chief counsel for ted kennedy. as a supreme court justice. and i think he will do what he believes in the best interest of the country. >> all right. thank you, gentlemen, that's all we have time for this evening. i will see you soon. appreciate it. >>> new tonight. we are learning the trump justice department went after

tony kennedy and ginsburg were in the majority but it's an interesting question i think it does relate back to the civil rights hubris and when the court was making the ships and a footnote in the decision and those of us who went to law school who studied this protecting minorities is held out as a constitutional bar in a way that ordinary regulatory legislation does not and this is undergird in the constitutional theory and this is part of the democracy descendents would have you so this sort of thinking is somewhat embedded in our constitutional law but it's a good question because when it comes to the big tease of economic legislation like obamacare and like the affordable care act you have folks like john roberts and in fairness john roberts defended it and marriage as well. >> one of the things you take two cases and compare them. one is jack phillips and isolated thinker says i don't want the bigger wedding cake with same-sex marriage. their templates as round the corner that you can go to and i'm happy to supply you and this man in the most savage terms available death threats.

colleague, that happens to be the leader of the left, stephen breyer, after the death of ruth bader ginsburg, is now the most senior on the left. this was the court's verse of bipartisanship. the version of a cross ruling. we have several other decisions that are to come in this term, including on voting rights. the chief will show a conservative turn. but for now, he shows much more unity. >> that's exactly how he wants this court to appear to the american people. joan, a pleasure. thank you very much. to everyone, to jeffrey toobin, jess schneider, abby phillip, john harwood, to our excellent team digesting the breaking news, we appreciate you being with us. we'll see you back tomorrow morning. i'm paoppy. kate baldwin is next. medicare supplement plans help pay the out-of-pocket expenses medicare doesn't... giving you greater peace of mind. you could also see any doctor, any specialist, anywhere in the u.s. who accepts medicare patients. call today for your free decision guide. ♪ hey, mom. call today for your free decision guide. i'll never say this but.... - thanks for telling me everyon

basically getting in the face of the park director ginsburg and a lot of people weren't happy about it. >> thank you president lawton and sorry for my interruptions. mr. ginsberg, not with a lot of respect but if you could wipe that smirk off of your face, that would help these proceedings. >> a few choice words were tossed around. aaron is probably one of the most powerful people and long- standing people in san francisco politics. he has been both a thorn in the side and an ally to everybody from willie brown to gavin newsom to edley and most recently london. he also has a history of being abusive to staff and department heads and a history of drinking. you might recall in 2018 there was a fire in north beach from the area that he represents and there were allegations that he had been drinking and trying to tell the fire department how to handle the fire. >> we have a clip from that day. actually, it is video only from that day but this is a situation. >> chief joanne was upset saying he had been belligerent. i texted erin and he said he actually is going into treatment but he is goi