when she wrote a paper called jane crow. and that was the argument that ruth bader ginsburg used when she was still an attorney to write the brief that won the supreme court's decision to declare sexual discrimination to be unconstitutional. that was a huge breakthrough. and it was because -- and ginsburg acknowledged that by putting her name on the brief. >> her role as a figure in american legal history is enormous. but we know ginsburg, and we know marshall, we don't know her. >> exactly. >> and we begin to see, i begin to see reasons why, not reasons, but i begin to see the nature of this discrimination very vividly around the time of the march on washington, 1962. by this point, she is a well-known figure certainly within the civil rights legal community. and the march on washington which we all know about is about to take place. and she is not very pleased with the way it is proceeding. so she writes to a philip randolph who is one of the organizers. a labor leader will. could you read what she said to him, page 74? >>

this is truly the new jane crow that we're living in, but women are fighting back, and we will see theething different than what was predicted before. >> and i think the coalition of people who are energized by this is vast, and i think part of that was, again, michelle, apparent to the court, if they cared. 63% of all americans wanted roe left alone. 93% of all americans oppose bans that eliminate the exception for life of the mother and 85% oppose any ban that eliminates exceptions in cases of rape and incest. but mara gay, that is where the republicans are heading. >> well, the overreach is clear, and i think it's obvious that republicans know they have overreached. you know, you see it everywhere, and to your point, nicole, the coalition of americans who not only support abortion access but are deeply disturbed to see that access limited and in some places eliminated, is very vast. so, in new york's 19th congressional district this week, we saw a democrat win a really tough special election there, and i think, you know, the dobbs decision certainly motivated many voters in that cas