sandra day o'connor said we called it our own country. the king was mr. day, who was a magnificent man. a great, more than a cowboy, he was a manager of cowboys. a guy who could fix anything, handle anything, deal with anything and he taught self-reliance to his daughter and to anybody who was around him and the story she liked to tell, sandra liked to tell, was when sandra day was 15 her one of her jobs was to take lunch to the roundup which was ray across the prairie. she got up at 5 a.m. and loaded up the truck. as she headed out there she had a flat tire. she is a slight girl. she had to jump on the jack to change the tire. she got there and her father looked at her, you are late. she said, dad, i had a flat tire. he said, next time leave earlier. that was the story she told her clerks. the message was pretty clear, no excuses. get it done. obviously mr. day had a huge influence on her and he was a loveing, powerful father. he could be an intimidating guy. sandra's mother was maybe even more important because mrs. day was a elegrantant woman, out on th

they were very proud sandra day o'connor had come there in 1991. i don't know how she managed all the invitations that she got. but she made a concerted effort to speak in every state of the union and to be available when the government wanted an ambassador who was not part of the political world. to help countries that were struggling to install rule of law, to give them encouragement. and assistance. so, the tag line of the letters that i got was, she was here, now it's your turn. >> so what i'm going to ask you, too, justice sotomayor. what goes through your mind when you're inundated, i'm sure, with invitations, both of you, to be here and here and here. and you have very hard jobs. this is very demanding work you do. but you take the time to go to bar associations and go to state law schools and travel. what goes through your mind? you feel that that's important for you to do what justice o'connor started, pretty much, and you both have been doing. >> the most important thing is the court's work. and i don't let outside engagements interfere w

some of you may have heard of this book is terrific sandra day o'connor turned over her family papers to evan thomas he went through them and discovered the marriage proposal from rehnquist to sandra day o'connor. [laughter] marriage proposals were different in those days it's like dear sandy how about getting married this year and she said no. [laughter] >> some actually start off with those types of questions. >> your first interview. >> that's right. with the first one he wrote a book on jefferson he's a terrific scholar now the head of the foundation so what i tried to do is interview them in 45 minutes the members can ask questions and i added one person named john roberts he is not as well known to members of congress as he should be but they don't spend that much time like doris kearns goodwin or robert carol i interviewed john roberts and in the interview in the beginning i said did you always want to be chief justice he said no. when i was little i had no interest. did you want to be a s justice? no. a judge? no. not a judge either or a lawyer. i wanted to be a histori

discovered a marriage proposal from william rehnquist to sandra day o'connor. they were different in those days and said she was still at stanford and something like hell about getting married this year or something like that but she said no. [laughter] >> and in fact you actually said that and you start out with those type of questions. your first interview was with john meacham. >> was the first one who had written a book on jefferson and john is a turkic scholar, now the head of the thomas jefferson foundation. .. >> in addition to our historian historians, i interviewed john roberts. in the interview i said did you always want to be chief justice of the united states? he said no when i was little i had no interest in that. did you want to be a justice? know. a judge? know. know i didn't want to be a lawyer either but i wanted to be a and historian about american history and my father said that's a nice profession but you won't make any money you will write books nobody will read how do you support your family? so he went to harvard and majored in history com

, some of you may have read this book, a terrific book and in that book this is an aside, sandra day o'connor turned over her family papers to evan thomas and he went through them and discovered a marriage proposal from william one quest to sandra day o'connor. the marriage proposal was different in those days, said something like he was in the supreme court, she was in sanford and something like dear sandy, how about getting married this year, or something like that and she said no. >> you actually said that, it might start out with those types of questions. your first interview was with don meacham. >> that is right, john meacham was the first one and he had written a book on jefferson and john is a terrific scholar, the head of the thomas jefferson foundation. what i tried to do his interview these people about american history, and other questions as well. john roberts is not as well known to members of congress as i think he should be, justices don't spend that much time with members of congress even though their offices are a couple hundred yards apart, they don't spend much time togeth

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that's a lifetime appointment when it comes to the us supreme court sandra day o'connor is your favorite. she's my absolute favorite her work on the supreme court was unified. >>and the popularity of ruth bader ginsburg. >>i think if you in just 2. might my 21 year-old daughter has her statue. the >>outreach to young and old with her k through 12 and adult civics initiative point navigator program for people are confused by the sister of the language interpreters and more they are mark her mission. her legacy who she is as chief justice. >>we must ensure that income inequality doesn't translate into a 2 tier justice system. >>is justice for all. >>absolutely absolutely it has to be for everybody the minute. it isn't is the minute. it's not just us. the chief justice is married with 2 daughters nationwide white males make up 30% of the population that 56% of the justices on state supreme courts. >>california, however, one of the most diverse ports in the entire nation and what an inspiration to have not only a woman, but a minority woman the chief justice of the biggest court in the state

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served on the court is so different from what we see today and i'm wondering, merrill, what made sandra day o'connor a reagan appointee, a states rights advocate, a woman of the west, what if anything made her different from consecutives -- she certainly thought of herself as a consecutive, from consecutives on the court today. yeah, i asked you. >> she has enormous empathy and she really puts people in the center, people are at the center of the jurois prudence. when it's a balance of state's rights against the people, the person wins out and this was true in terms of her ability to make friends but also in her juris prudence she's thinking about the people and i went back and i actually looked at a chapter in evan's book because i wanted to think about her role as a estate trial court judge and there's a story in there that i don't know personally, if evan wrote it, i believe, that she had to give a sentence in a criminal case to a woman and it was a very difficult sentence and he kind of whacked her, gave her five to ten years, and then she went back to chambers and wept. so she did the right thi

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ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor reflect on sandra day o'connor. wednesday, a look at african-american history. friday, the american revolution. american history tv, every weekend and all this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. past thursday, the u.s. house passed a resolution laying out the next steps in the impeachment investigation of president trump. 232-1 hundred 96, mostly along party lines. next, on american history tv, we look back to october 1998 when the house debated whether to begin a and impeachment -- begin and impeachment investigation of president clinton. we will hear from members on both sides. at the end of the day, 31 democrats joined all of the republicans in the vote to begin the impeachment inquiry into president clinton. unanimousaker, i ask consent to revise and extend my remarks. we must listen said the still small voice that whispers in our year, duty, duty, duty. some years ago, douglas macarthur asserted the ideal of our military forces as duty, honor, and country. we do not have to be a soldier to feel the force of

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further eliminating, and bringing to life the personal and professional greatness of justice sandra day o'connor, please think our panelists., in 1981 saturday o'connor was no need to be the first woman to sit on the supreme court. text a panel including one of justice o'connor's first leclerc, and a brain of congress, reflected on her legacy and historical impact, this is part of an all day conference commemorating the 38th anniversary, of justice o'connor's senate confirmation. and was hosted by the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute. >> >> good afternoon. my name is >> good rn

that's a lifetime appointment when it comes to the us supreme court sandra day o'connor is your favoriteute favorite her work on the supreme court was unified. >>and the popularity of ruth bader ginsburg. >>i think if you in just 2. might my 21 year-old daughter has her statue. the >>outreach to young and old with her k through 12 and adult civics initiative point navigator program for people are confused by the sister of the language interpreters and more they are mark her mission. her legacy who she is as chief justice. >>we must ensure that income inequality doesn't translate into a 2 tier justice system. >>is justice for all. >>absolutely absolutely it has to be for everybody the minute. it isn't is the minute. it's not just us. >>the chief justice is married with 2 daughters and nationwide white men make up 30% of the population, but 56% of the justices on state supreme courts. california, however has one of the most diverse course in the entire nation reflecting the state of california it's refreshing to have somebody in her position be so open and candid in you know a lot of court

positions in his presidency that's a lifetime appointment when it comes to the us supreme court sandra day o'connor is your favorite. she's my absolute favorite her work on the supreme court was unified and the popularity of ruth bader ginsburg. i think if you in just 2 point my my 21 year-old daughter has her statue. the outreach to young and old with her k through 12 and adult civics initiative point navigator program for people are confused by the sister of the language interpreters and more they are mark her mission. her legacy who she is as chief justice. >>we must ensure that income inequality doesn't translate into a 2 tier justice system. >>is justice for all. >>absolutely absolutely it has to be for everybody the minute. it isn't is the minute. it's not just us. >>the chief justice is married with 2 daughters nationwide white males make up 30% of the population, but 56% of the justices on state supreme courts. california, however has one of the most of or them for diverse courts in the nation. >>still ahead a blast from the past as for going to turn back time to members of our best moments

sand sandra day o'connor, on wednesday african american history. thursday andry johnson, richard nixon and bill clinton. >>> and friday, the american revolution, american history tv features all week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> on facebook 126 million people were exposed to russian manipulation attempts in the 2016 election. 20 million people on instagram, 10 million tweets on twitter to 6 million followers. we know russia attacked voting systems in all 50 states. we know they targeted misinformation at specific people. we know 27% of voting age americans saw misleading information. what we don't know is what effect if any any of this had on the election, on the 2018 midterms, what effect it will have in 2020, and not just in the united states but liberal democracies around the world. >>> tonight on the commune kairts on c-span 2. >>> a pentagon official overseeing china policy says u.s. competition is them is a challenge.

ginsburg and sonja sotomayor reflect on the impact of the first woman supreme court justice, sandra day o'connor. on wednesday in american history. thursday a look at past impeachment proceedings for andrew johnson, richard nixon and bill clinton. and the american revolution, american history tv features all week at 8:00 pm eastern on c-span3. >> a discussion of military and civilian national service programs, from the brookings institution, this is just over an hour. >> 30 seconds. 30 seconds was particularly effective. it is my happy duty to introduce and moderate the second panel. i will begin by introducing myself briefly. i am bill gault, senior fellow in the government studies program at brookings, delighted to be a small cog in the service share alliance. and two people in particular, mel sawhill conceding the stand working tirelessly for six months and also john allen, for letting his vast appearance and events moral authority to our enterprise this morning and i think it is a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the national service movement. let me introduce the question thi

selected for the supreme court, obviously that was a huge moment, but for many years, after sandra day o'connorlt isolated. ginsburg felt ice laced as the only woman on an increasingly conservative court. she began to recast herself from the moderate minimalist to the notorious dissenter. >> her evolution from a judge's judge a minimalist who remarkably some women's groups opposed at the time she was nominated for being insufficiently liberal on roe v. wade became the rbg because she felt she had to. once she became the senior associate justice she had to speak for all the liberals, persuade them to speak in one voice, and it was in 2013 when the notorious rbg tumbler went viral, she really conceived of herself as being a heroic voice for principal liberalism. >> do you call her rbg? >> in writing. that's what she assigned herself when we first met, with appreciation rbg, she's so careful with her words and i would not say it to her face, but i would write to her as dear rbg. one of the most remarkable experience of this book is that she copy edited every word. i got an e-mail from her in june

ginsburg and sonia sotomayor reflect on the impact of the first woman supreme court justice, sandra day o'connor. on wednesday, african-american history. on thursday, past impeachment proceedings for andrew johnson, richard nixon and bill clinton. friday, the american revolution. >> held thetown law second annual ruth bader ginsburg lecture with featured speakers justice ginsburg, former president bill clinton, and former secretary of state hillary clinton. they reflected on justice ginsburg's nomination as well as her approach to the law. this is 90 minutes. [applause] >> wow. i am the dean of georgetown law and it is a privilege to welcome you to the second annual ruth bader ginsburg lecture. the first lecture was held in april of 2018. our first speaker was justice ginsburg. it is a lecture series in which we honor a distinguished leader who is a champion for equality and human rights. we are very privileged at georgetown to have such a wonderful bond with the justice. you might have seen her portrait as you were coming down into the amphitheater. , waseloved husband, marty a remarkable membe

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think we are the biggest panel so we will dive right in and for those of us from a certain age, sandra day o'connor was the rope that we hoped would be cast out with our way. last year, i thought she was typically forthright and aspirational. i hope i have inspired young people about civics engagement and help pave the way for people facing obstacles in their careers. now, even though we have a little time we will talk about her lasting legacy and i will start with chief justice mcgregor because you never knew her longer than anyone here from her days as a state legislature giver nomination and into her retirement. i was wondering how you think she changed over time. i don't mean ideologically, but her own self-confidence and her own being as a justice. >> one thing did not change and that is the fact she brought to the supreme court the same characteristic every job she had her demand that everyone do the best she could, but what i think changed the most and was probably a result of growing confidence for her, those of you who remember 1981 know there were a lot of people who are not sure that thi