ruth bader ginsburg was extraordinary. she did not only create his story history, but also her story. she inspired other women fight for their independence, demonstrate their intelligence and question the status quo to be, well, badly or notorious is the kind of who was noticed and seen literally making positive change. so now, ladies, gentlemen, i am pleased to introduce the chancellor of the smithsonian and another supreme, the honorable chief justice of the united states, john g. roberts, give opening remarks. thank you very much and good evening. i want to begin by thanking director kim said for hosting this magnificent and meaningful event here at the national portrait gallery. i also want to express my appreciation to usps board of governors chairman martinez for his important role in today's official stamp dedication. and i do to acknowledge in the audience my justice, sonia sotomayor, or am i retired colleague justice kennedy. we are writing something. i am sure there will be no dissenting opinions from my remarks.

ruth bader ginsburg was extraordinary. she did not only create his story history, but also her story. she inspired other women fight for their independence, demonstrate their intelligence and question the status quo to be, well, badly or notorious is the kind of who was noticed and seen literally making positive change. so now, ladies, gentlemen, i am pleased to introduce the chancellor of the smithsonian and another supreme, the honorable chief justice of the united states, john g. roberts, give opening remarks. thank you very much and good evening. i want to begin by thanking director kim said for hosting this magnificent and meaningful event here at the national portrait gallery. i also want to express my appreciation to usps board of governors chairman martinez for his important role in today's official stamp dedication. and i do to acknowledge in the audience my justice, sonia sotomayor, or am i retired colleague justice kennedy. we are writing something. i am sure there will be no dissenting opinions from my remarks.

postal service unveils a new forever stamp in honor of the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburgey reflects on his career and the state of american politics. >> our capacity to rationalize within our own best interest is in norma's. -- enormous. your capacity to rationalize eating the chocolate bar when we know we've had enough already, we all know that. that happens in congress as well. if i vote this way, that might hurt my reelection prospects. so we can rationalize and convince ourselves were doing the right thing. that's the experience. you have to guard against that. recognize your tendency and say, i have to figure out the right thing to do here as opposed to what's in my own personal self-interest. >> at 8:00, a discussion on the importance of declassified documents for the purpose of providing historical context and educating the public. >> the only way we can understand why decision-makers do what they do, they always tell us why they do what they do. that's not always why they do what they do. is not conspiratorial. we are driven by many motivations. what drives us to

sometime after that i was on a plane and there she is ruth bader ginsburg. since we love each other so much i go up there and she said not now. [laughter] and as it turned out happily for me my seat was right across the aisle from her so not now is okay because i'd be there for the flight at some point she closes up everything thing and she said i was into my book. [laughter] i wanted to finish what i was doing. and i'm going to have you read the galley again that was an act of love i was tough love but nonetheless love shall of the opera as you all know so we went to see her at the opera and it was always a joy to see what a loving couple they were. he loves her so much. every time we would see them together he was so proud of her and she of him. in the course of conversation to have her lie in state and i-uppercase-letter was so glad e speaker at the time so i could make that happen. this is another kind of ruth bader ginsburg story we could not have all of you there but we had as many people as they would allow us to have in the capitol. and all of the su

interesting, special opinion, there was a legendary... the judge, unfortunately, died recently, and ruth ginsburger called, she left not so long ago, mm, ah, there’s a social activist, there is a seventieth, a big participant in this civil rights movement. and so on, so she wrote a dissenting opinion, she did not agree with the decision of the panel of the supreme court, and says: in her dissenting opinion , she says: you know, colleagues, legally you are right, legally you are right, that’s absolutely, that’s the precedent that applies, everything, everything should be so, but you know, after the second world war, the government of the united states of america made great efforts to impose a different logic on the world, this is the logic of banning parallel imports, which they built, why, why... they didn’t build around intellectual property, because the wto demanded the removal of barriers, tariff, non-tariff, that is, those barriers that the state used to regulate trade, and intellectual property itself seems to be not about barriers, it’s seems to be about the protection of certain natural ri

is something different to look at, but inside... unfortunately, she died recently, her name was ruth ginsburgpassed away not so long ago, and there is a social activist, there is a seventieth, a big participant in this civil rights movement and so on further, she wrote a dissenting opinion, she did not agree with the decision of the board of the supreme court and says, in his dissenting opinion, says: you know, colleagues, legally you are right. you are right, absolutely, here is a precedent, that’s it, everything is as it should be, but you know, after the second world war, the government of the united states of america made great efforts to impose a different logic on the world, this is the logic of banning parallel imports, which they built , why, why they built around intellectual property, because the wto demanded the removal of barriers, tariff, non-tariff, that is, those barriers that the state was used to regulate trade, and the intellectual ones actually don’t seem to be about... eras, it’s kind of about the protection of certain natural rights, she says: it was a very elegant tool f

postal service unveils the new forever stamp in honor of the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburgat six: 40, utah senator mitt romney reflects on his career and the state of american politics. >> our capacity to rationalize what's in our own best interest is in norma's. -- enormous. our capacity to rationalize eating the chocolate bar when we know we've had enough already. we all know that. that happens in congress as well. if i vote this way, that might hurt my reelection prospects. so we can rationalize it and convince ourselves we are doing the right thing. that's the experience. you have to guard around that. recognize your national -- natural tendency. figure out the right thing to do here as opposed to what's in my own personal self-interest. >> at 8:00, a discussion on the importance of declassified documents for the purpose of providing historical context and educating the public. >> the only way we can understand why decision-makers do what they do, they always tell us why they think they are doing what they do and that's not always why they do what they do. we are driven

for this evening celebration, and it has been truly a wonderful evening celebrating justice ruth bader ginsburg. have a good night, everyone. the. good evening, everyone. i'm. oh, good evening. lufthansa. you did just bang. look at this. my goodness. when i look out at this room, i know the future of our country is bright. let me start by thanking the leader of emily's list. a dear, dear friend to me and so many of us, ms. lafond, a butler. as lafond has said, we have known each other for some years. we have worked together and i have seen as i hope many of you have, the effort, the tireless effort that lufthansa puts into her extraordinary role of leadership and i will tell you, you and we are fortunate to have a leader of emily's list who understands the mission and the purpose so deeply and sincerely. because as i will discuss in a moment, there are so many of our fundamental freedoms that are under attack. and to have a leader like lufthansa, as demonstrated with what she did and what emily's list did during the mid-terms to elect the and historic number of women governors. we applaud and t

. >> narrator: then, the death of liberal justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> this is a fox news alert. court justice ruth bader ginsburg has died at the age of 87. >> narrator: it was the chance mcconnell had en waiting for since bork. the only problem, it was just six weeks until the 2020 election. >> in the shadow of a presidential election, the battle lines over the court's future already being drawn. >> narrator: that night, mcconnell reached the president on air force one. >> mcconnell told him two things. he said, "first, "i'm going to put out a statement that says we're going to fill the vacancy." second, he said, "you've got to nominate amy coney barrett." >> mcconnell says the senate will act to fill the vacancy, even though he spent most of 2016 denying a confirmation hearing to merrick garland. >> narrator: it was starkly different from a position he took in the moments after justice scalia's death. >> now we've come full circle. he held open the scalia seat on the principle that the voters should have a say in who gets to appoint the next justice. so he held it open for eig

wade right after he killed ruth bader ginsburg?making the confusing and strategic decision to run as a "moderate" on abortion. yeah, trump. a moderate. on abortion. it's like the kool-aid man suddenly caring about walls. it's too late! the damage is done, ya big red bitch! don't let anyone tell you abortion is not popular in this country. even the man who killed them is acting like he supports them. what happened to roe vs. wade? obama lost it. but we're gonna bring back roe we're gonna bring back wade. i talked to both of them, they're on board. i love to make deals. wow. [applause] i cannot believe i just won an award for the best trump impression ever. it smells terrible. before we move on, let's check in with a guy who looks like roofie magazine's man of the year. >> jesse: so i checked to see what time the carwash closes. it says 5:00 pm. i think, great, i'm only 15 minutes away. so i get there at 4:45, but when i get there, there's a big orange cone blocking the lane. >> michelle: the car wash closed early on thanksgiving. ho

postal service will unveil a new forever stand in honor of ruth bader ginsburg. the utah senator mitt romney will focus on politics. >> your capacity to rationalize eating the chocolate bar when we know we have had enough already, we all know that, but it happens in congress as well. if i vote this way, it might hurt my reelection prospects. we can convince ourselves we are doing the right thing and you just have to guard against that. we are trying to figure out what is the right thing to do here. >> also, a discussion about declassifying documents for historical context. >> why do decision-makers do what they do? it is not always why they do what they do. we had driven by many motivations. what is the circumstances that drive us to think a certain way? when we have a larger archive of documents, we are able to reconstruct the thinking of decision-makers. >> you can find these programs and more unseen and. for a complete list, go to c-span.org. >> kick start your holiday shopping season with c-span during our black friday sale, happening now on c-span.org. to sa

postal service unveils a new forever stand in honor of the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. at 6:40, utah senator mitt romney reflects on his career and the state of american politics. >> our capacity to rationalize what is in our own best interest is enormous. your capacity, like mine, to rationalize eating a chocolate bar when we know we have had enough already, we all know that. but that happens in congress as well. if i vote this way, that might hurt my religion prospects. so we can convince ourselves we are doing the right thing. that is the experience. recognize your natural tendency and say i have to figure out what is really the right thing to do here i suppose to my own personal self-interest. announcer: also at it :00 p.m. discussion on the importance of declassified documents for the purpose of providing historical context and educating the public. >> the only way we can understand why decision-makers do what they do. they would tell us why they think they are doing what they do but that is not always why they do what they do. it is not to speak -- conspiratorial

. >> a ro a wonderful job and and ruth bader ginsburg did a great job but did not know when to quit.> right. >> that is why you are here. >> our governor gavin newsom seems to be all over the world. >> i saw that. >> yeah. and -- you know they are going to the battle ground states and -- they are really doing, i feel at least you are honest, you say, no i'm going it, just do it. >> bill maher talking to dean phillips, a democrat who is also running his argument is that everything that he stands for i do took i am just younger. >> that is what ron desantis was hoping to capitalize on but a lot of republicans, have of ostracized tru trump fans, a lot would like a vi candidate to parachute in right now. and maybe, turn will country in the right direction. i want competent people to run, i don't want republicans to run against the most beatable person, i want someone good, you know like i'm never voting for a major party, but at least i want someone that cares about he and my family and loves this country. >> so much of this falls on kamala harris, so important to pick a strong vice pres

postal service unveils the new forever stamp our crown on her of the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. utah senator mitt romney reflects on his career and the state of american politics. >> our capacity to rationalize what is in our own best interest is enormous. your capacity, like mine, to rationalize eating a chocolate bar when we have had enough -- we all know that, but that happens in congress. if i felt this way that might hurt my reelection prospects, so we can rationalize a vote and convince ourselves we are doing the right thing. recognize your natural tendency and say, i have got to try to pick up what is really the right thing as opposed to what is in my own personal self-interest. >> at 8:00 p.m., a discussion on the importance of declassified documents for the purpose of providing historical context and educating the public. >> understanding why decision-makers do what they do. they always tell us what they do what they do but that's not always why they do what they do. there are many motivations. the mystery of history is what is it about a particular set of circumstance

ruth bader ginsburg did a good job. did not know when to quit. that is why you are here. not like others are doing this in a shadow campaign with gavin newsom. they are going to the battleground states. at least you are honest saying i'm going to do it. i called gretchen witmer. she would be an outstanding president. she is one of those who is running a shadow campaign. >> everyone is waiting until 2028. i am not sure we will have a 2028 election in the way we expect if the inevitable happens and it is president biden against donald trump. rachel: he is saying all the other people are chickens. they are doing this shadow campaign flying on private jets to important states for the presidential election are going to china as gavin newsom did but this guy phillips, dean phillips from minnesota is putting his money at his mouth where it's at, that is what everybody else should do, says he. >> he did his first town hall and it was a disaster because it turned into a shouting match about israel and palestine and driving the democrat party and activists, it is a difficult task t

. >> also, look, to get brian back on this, the position is ruth bader ginsburg position in the criticism of roe that it short victimed the national democratic position and created the pro life movement and i think it is an interesting counter-factual, if there had about two proposed constitutional amend amendments in ohio, one, the one that is there and the one that basically reflected youngkin's position, it is no way obvious to me that the youngkin position of 15 weeks wouldn't have won. there is a lot of support for middle of the round. >> talking about counter-factual, i have to say president trump seems to agree with kara and lulu. here is what trump says. take a listen. >> would you sign federal legislation that would ban abortion at 15 weeks? >> no. let me tell you what i would do. i will come together with all of the groups, and we will have something that is acceptable. i would sit down with both sides and negotiate something, and we will end up with peace on that issue for the first time in 52 years. >> so all right, i often agree with him. >> i was going to say, he in a more e

postal service unveiled a new forever stamp, in honor of ruth bader ginsburg.ey talking about the state of politics later. >> your capacity, rationalizing the chocolate bar, when we know we have had enough already. but that happens in congress as well. if i vote this way, that might hurt my reelection prospects. we can rationalize the vote and convince ourselves bear doing the right thing. you just have to guard against that. try to figure out what is the right thing to do as opposed to my own personal, self interests. >> a discussion on the importance of de-classifying documents and educating the public. >> we need to understand why decision-makers do what they do or tell us why they do what they do. we are driven by many motivations. what drives as to think a certain way? when we have a larger stream of documents, we are able to reconstruct the thinking of decision-makers. >> you can find these programs and more throughout the day on c-span. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is

they read as a child it is nancy drew it is astounding from nancy pelosi to opera winfrey to ruth bader ginsburg they all site nancy drew. nancy drew was wonderful. she had no mother her father she said i love you dad you let me do whatever i want, that sounded ideal she had her blue roadster and off she went with the capacity to fix tires, fix engines, decode secret messages. she had all of these abilities that left me in awe at the end of the book she wrote truth to justice. back into the story she always solved the mystery there was a neat little endings it was very gratifying to read those books. anne frank was a different matter i think i picked the book up almost by accident my addition which is represented with a photograph of the book set on the front diary of adolescence. i was about 10 years old and i wanted to be an adolescent more than anything. i thought of this book is being hyped as a diary of adolescence i thought this is fort me. i got a lot more than a desired adolescence i got introduction to the holocaust. an introduction to horrors i had not really known about them quietly a

child or what is a woman, it's nancy, it's astounding from nancy pelosi to oprah winfrey to ruth bader ginsburg sonia sotomayor. they all nancy drew and. nancy drew was wonderful. i mean she had no mother. that was interesting. there wasn't anyone to tell her how to be a girl. her father, she said, i love you, dad, because she let me do whatever i want. that sounded. and she had her blue roadster and off she went with the capacity to fix tires and fix engines, decode secret messages. i mean, she had all these abilities that just left me, you know, in awe. and at the end of the book, she brought truth and justice back into to the story. and she always solved the mystery, always had these neat little endings. it was very gratifying to read those books. and frank was a matter i think i picked the book almost by accident because my addition, which is represented with a photograph in the book, said on the front a diary of adolescence. and i was about ten years old and i wanted to be an adolescent more than anything. so when i saw that this book was being been hyped as a diary of adolescence, this is

privacy, it was a privacy decision, it was not about abortion, nowhere listed, which is why ruth bader ginsburgdn't think it will hold up forever because it is not about abortion. that is how they managed to get, 7-2 ruling with conservatives siding with the liberals because the point is that a decision as important as to whether you are going to carry a pregnancy to term or not is between you and your doctor. and that is what they ran on in ohio and talked about constantly. that is how they got kansas. that is how they got kentucky, michigan, et cetera. and the g.o.p. will not get out of their own way on this. they have found no avenue to talk about this like civilized people. 58% think the g.o.p. is too extreme on this, and then you have new speaker mike johnson, sponsor of no less than three bills that would make us have a national abortion ban. andy beshear was successful because he is a really good governor. also, how he managed the floods in kentucky was one of the main things that people supported him for. but his most effective ad was a young girl who was 12 years old when her stepfathe

now, in the dissent, justice ruth bader ginsburg explained it very, very well.rowing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. end quote. the voting rights act has long been considered one of the crown jewels of the civil rights era. before it was signed into law in 1965, most black people in the south were not allowed to vote. and a further gutting of this crucial law may now be coming. after a quick break, i'll talk to two of the best and brightest minds in law and civil rights, that is carl anderson and judith brown diaz. stay tuned for more velshi, on msnbc. i'm charles coleman junior, and we will be right back. back. but i'm protected with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. rsv can be serious for those over 60, including those with asthma, diabetes, copd, and certain other conditions. but i'm protected. arexvy is proven to be over 82% effective in prev

postal service unveils a new for other stamp in honor of ruth bader ginsburg.itt romney will reflect on his career and the state of american politics. >> our compassion is rationalizing what is in our own best interests is enormous. we all know that. that happens in congress as well. if i vote this way, that might hurt my reelection prospects. so we can rationalize the vote and convince ourselves we are doing the right thing. that's the experience -- you have to guard against it, protect your national tendency and figure out what is the right thing to do as opposed to what is in your personal self-interest. >> at 8:00 p.m., declassified documents for educating the public. >> we can only understand why decision-makers do what we do if they tell us

postal service unveils a new forever stamp in honor of the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg:40, utah senator mitt romney reflects on his career in the state of american politics. mr. romney: our capacity to rationalize what is in our best interest is in norma's -- is enormous. your capacity to rationalize eating the chocolate bar when we know we have had enough already, that happens in congress as well. if i vote this way, that might hurt my reelection prospects, so we can rationalize the vote and convince ourselves we are doing the right thing. that is the experience you have to guard against, recognize your natural tendency and say i will figure out what is really the right thing to do as opposed to what is in my personal self-interest. >> also at 8:00 p.m., a discussion on the importance of the classifying documents for the purpose of providing historical context and educating the public. >> the only way we can understand why decision-makers do what they do, they always tell us why they think they are doing what they do, but that is not always why. it is not conspiratoria

postal service unveils a new forever stamp in honor of the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. and at 6:40, utah senator mitt romney reflects on his career and the state of american politics. >> our capacity to rationalize what is in our own best interest is enormous. your capacity, like mine, to rationalize eating a chocolate bar when we know we have had enough already, we all know that. but that happens in congress as well. it is like, if i vote this way, that might hurt my re-election prospects. so we might rationalize the vote and convince ourselves we are doing the right thing. that is the experience. recognize your natural tendency and try and figure out what is really the right thing to do here instead of my own personal self-interest. announcer: also at 8:00 p.m. discussion on the importance of declassified documents for the purpose of providing historical context and educating the public. >> the only way we can understand why decision-makers do what they do. they always tell us why they think they are doing what they do, but that is not always why they do what they do

and finally for the great justice ruth gader ginsburg on the united states supreme court. in 2013 following her clerkships, ms. kobick joined the massachusetts attorney general's office. she worked there until 2021 as an assistant attorney general in the constitutional and administrative law division. her practice spanned a range of substantive areas including health care, child welfare, administrative law, and constitutional issues. since the summer of 2021, ms. kobick has served as deputy state solicitor where she has primarily handled civil and criminal appellate litigation. ms. kobick, as you -- has received support from a number ever groups, including massachusetts trial and appellate judges, former massachusetts attorneys general, and her clerk colleagues at the united states supreme court, clerks who worked for justices nominated by presidents of both parties. many of ms. kobick's supporters cite her dedication and character alongside her superior skill and judgment. unsurprisingly, the american bar association has given her its highest rating of well qualified. per

a group including an aclu women's rights project ruth bader ginsburg we are doing exactly the opposite and experience. if you get thehe government powr to censor expression that power is predictably going to be used disproportionately expression is of particular important for advocates and women's rights. you are referring to my book published in 1995. the title is defending, free speech, and the fight for women's rights a lot of important information thatat subtitle. i think the publisher was slightly provocative. early this year the press got in touch with me and asked to republish this book is part of the nyu class series which is a new preface because there had been so many recent attacks on expression in particular expression about gender identity and orientation. and the term has been wielded by executive officials around the country who are attacking under that rubric attacking the books by lgbtq+ individuals. the term has negative connotations and most people tend to use it for whatever expressionon they believe is rit that let us not forget if we empower the majority under tha

group of us women, including the aclu women's rights project which was famously founded by ruth bader ginsburg, we argued exactly the opposite based on experience. if you give the government power to censor sexual expression, that power is predictably going to be used disproportionately to silence expression that is especially important for women and advocates of women's rights. we see that to this day, peter. you are kindly referring to my book that was published in 1995. the full title is "defending pornography, free speech, sects, and the fight for women's rights." a lot of important information in the subtitle. i think the publisher was trying to be provocative with the title. earlier this year, they asked to republish the book as part of the nyu classics series, asked me to write a new preface because there had been so many recent attacks on sexual expression, in particular expression about gender identity and sexual orientation. and that stigmatizing term pornography has been wielded by state legislators and executive officials around the country who are attacking under that rubric, atta

ruth bader ginsburg was appointed to the appeals court by president carter, elevated to the supreme court by president. and, you know, i she recognizes there's been a lot of progress made and they were able to be part of that or 444 days of the carter administration and this country were consumed with the americans that were held hostage at the us embassy in iran. in our interview with mrs. carter, she spoke about those days and how challenging they were. it was awful. i look back now, i have memories of, um. just waiting for the press conference in iran to say what happened that day because we had no idea what was going. and the only way we knew what was going on was when they would come out and announce it. and so. and it was just, you know, thinking about and. we met with the families all along. um, and thinking about the people whose it was family members were there and, and what it was doing to jimmy's presidency. and. it was awful. it was awful. but, um, and i would go out. i would go out campaign and i had found out earlier that that i could get a president goes out. he's so surrou

postal service unveils a forever stamp in honor of ruth bader ginsburg. utah senator reflects on his career. >> our capacity to rationalize what is in our own bissinger's is in norma's. -- is enormous. eating a chocolate bar when we know we have had enough already is well, we know that. but it happens in congress. if i vote this way, it will hurt my reelection prospects. so we can convince ourselves we are doing the right thing. and that is the experience. you have to recognize your tendencies. and try to figure out really the right thing to do as opposed to what is in my own personal self-interest. announcer: at 8:00 p.m., a discussion on the importance of d classifying documents for the purpose of historical context and educating the public. >> they need to understand why decision-makers do what they do. tell us why they think they do at

. >> ruth bader ginsburg did a good job, but did not know when to quit. >> yes. >> that's why you'refferent nominee. a lot of politicians lie, but the numbers don't. it's still not too late to jump into this race. i wish we had more competition instead of a coronation. i don't understand why people are so hesitant to do what the country needs so desperately. >> i think it's kind of obvious why they might be hesitant. first of all, joe biden has beaten trump. can you name someone even on the republican side who has done that? no. that's number one by far. secondly, his presidency, whether you appreciate his policies or not, has been one of the most robust in terms of its accomplishments in modern history. so i would be nervous about being the democrat who wants to take the race away from him and be the person who loses to trump. who wants to do that? >> mika, to put the polls into some context, there's certainly a series of signs that the 2020 coalition is weakening. however, the fact that younger people are roughly within the margin of error in a lot of these swing states according t