c-span set down with sandra day o'connor back in 2009 where she discussed her history making role as first woman to serve on the nation's highest court. >> i didn't believe for a minute i would be asked to serve. i went back to arizona after those interviews and said to my husband how interesting it was to visit washington dc and to meet the people around the president and to meet the president himself and talk to him. i said, thank goodness i don't have to go do that job. i wasn't sure i could do the job well enough to justify it. i've often said it is wonderful to be the first to do something, but i didn't want to be the last. if i didn't do a good job, it might have been the last. indeed, when i retired, i was not replaced then by woman. which gives one pause to think, what did i do wrong that led to this? but i'm sure that the future will show that we have other women serving on the court. it is hard to be the only woman in the court which i experienced for about 10 years or so. it is realistic to think in terms of a number of women on the court. >> that was the late sandra day o

host: c-span sactown with late supreme court justice sandra day o'connor in 2009 and she talked about the first woman to serve on the high court. here is she said. >> i didn't believe for a minute that i would be asked to serve. i went back to arizona after those interviews and said to my husband, how interesting it was to visit washington, d.c. and to meet the people around the president, and indeed to meet the president himself and talk to him. but i said, thank goodness i don't have to go do that job. i didn't want it. and i wasn't sure that i could do the job well enough to justify trying. i have always said, it is wonderful to be the first to do something. but i didn't want to be the last . if i didn't do a good job, it might have been the last. and indeed when i retired, i was not replaced then by a woman, which gives one pause to think oh what did i do wrong that led to this? but i am sure that the future will show that we have other women serving on the court. it is hard to be the only woman on the court, which i experienced for about 10 years or so. and in a population which,

host: c-span set down with justice sandra day o'connor in 2009. she talks about being the first woman to serve on the high court. here is what she says. [video clip] >> i did not believe for a minute i would be asked to serve. i went back to arizona after those interviews and is said to my husband how interesting it was to visit washington, d.c. and meet the people about the president and to meet the president himself. i said thank goodness i don't have to go do that job. i didn't want it. i wasn't sure i could do the job good enough to justify trying. i have often said it is wonderful to be the first to do something but i did not want to do b -- did not want to be the last. if i did not do a good job, it might be the last. when i retired, i was not replaced by a woman which gives one pause to think what did i do wrong that led to this. i am sure the future will show that we have other women serving on the court. it is hard to be the only woman on the court which i experienced about 10 years or so. in a population which these days produces 50% of

sandra day o'connor served in legislatures and had been a civil servant in the governmente from a lotfferent places and unrs how interrelated these things are. all of that is one system of governance and it on several people and she realized there had been less and less civic education being done since she was a childmi after she stepped down from the court. in 2009 she incorporated icivics and went on and became a standard bearer for the cause of civics education as a requirement to a healthy democracy and that a submission we have been on. we lost her in december last year she had been able to serve the nation for many years and we have taken up her mantle. this is the largest civics education site in the country and we have assembled a coalition of 330■) members and e make the case that we need to invest in civic education. the situation we have right now is difficult and dangerous we cannot have sufficient civic invested subject in school and we have seen results. host: she testified before congress back in 2012 about the importance of civics education as well as i■5iv. >> we have

the anti-abortion movement hated sandra day o'connor.pporter of abortion rights and a feminist and generally just gross she saw, to their surprise, dissented from an opinion by the court striking down this akron ordinance, not to say the ord, but to say that roe itself was fatally flawed and that if roe itself was fatally flawed, it was at least deserving of some reconsideration. so the anti-abortion movement, which been utterly unable to get a constitutional off the ground, needed a plan b, it was unable to get that constitutional amendment off the ground. when ronald reagan was in power, when republicans controlled both houses of congress, and when it as if republicans had fared bett than in state legislative elections, there was still no prospect of a personhood and no prospect even of agreement on a second best solution for the anti-abortion movement. so if there was going to be no personhood amendment, what could there be? well there could be control of the supreme court and with control of theere could be the f more laws, the hyde

the anti-abortion movement hated sandra day o'connor. they thought she was a supporter of abortion rights and a feminist and generally just gross and she saw, to their surprise, dissented from an opinion by the court striking down this akron ordinance, not to say the ordinance was constitutional, but to say that roe itself was fatally flawed and that if roe itself was fatally flawed, it was at least deserving of some reconsideration. so the anti-abortion movement, which been utterly unable to get a constitutional off the ground, needed a plan b, it was unable to get that constitutional amendment off the ground. when ronald reagan was in power, when republicans controlled both houses of congress, and when it as if republicans had fared better than in state legislative elections, there was still no prospect of a personhood and no prospect even of agreement on a second best solution for the anti-abortion movement. so if there was going to be no personhood amendment, what could there be? well there could be control of the supreme court and w

>> we were founded by justice sandra day o'connor. she had a real vision for how important civic education was for our country. she had served in the legislature, she had been a civil servant. she had been in government, and she was appointed to be a judge. she had experienced issues from a lot of different places. she understood how interrelated these things are, the public, the legislature, and the judiciary, all of that is one system of governance that relies on people, it is called self governance. she realized there had been less and less civic education being done since she was a child to when she began this, after she stepped down in 2006. in 2009, she said we've got to do it better, we've got to do it differently, we've got to put kids in the center of this, we've got to make it important. she became a standardbearer for the cause of civic education as a requirement to a healthy democracy. that is the mission that we have been on. we lost her, unfortunately, in december of last year, and we have taken up her mental. this is no

host: c-span set down with justice sandra day o'connor in 2009. she talks about being the first woman to serve on the high court. here is what she says. [video clip] >> i did not believe for a minute i would be asked to serve. i went back to arizona after those interviews and is said to my husband how interesting it was to visit washington, d.c. and meet the people about the president and to meet the president himself. i said thank goodness i don't have to go do that job. i didn't want it. i wasn't sure i could do the job good enough to justify trying. i have often said it is wonderful to be the first to do something but i did not want to do b -- did not want to be the last. if i did not do a good job, it might be the last. when i retired, i was not replaced by a woman which gives one pause to think what did i do wrong that led to this. i am sure the future will show that we have other women serving on the court. it is hard to be the only woman on the court which i experienced about 10 years or so. in a population which these days produces 50% of

sandra day o'connor. michelle obama. no. don't know. george washington carver. kim kardashian.tormy daniels. lara croft. >> that's the chick that flew the first plane. i don't know her name, but -- it's not earnhardt but it's something hart. amelia earhart! why can't i think of this? i've tooken history before. >> which history classes have you tooken? >> susan parks. sarah palin. she's an astronaut. sally fields? maria shriver? gloria allred? abdul? oh, come on, that's vice president. >> what's her name? >> kalisa horiz stormy daniels. mia khalifa. riley reid. jenna jameson. happy women's history month, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i can't believe robert kennedy is considering that guy for vice president! [ laughter ] it's amazing. hey, we have a very good show for you tonight. ramy youssef is here. [ cheers and applause ] we've got music from briston maroney, and we'll be back with the one and only michael keaton! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, there, welcome back to the show. tonight, an exceptionally funny man. his new stand up comedy special is cal

they talk about the importance discussion hosted by the group icivics, which the late justice sandra day o'connord in 2009. this is just over one hour. >> welcome everybody. justices, it is so great to have you here to help celebrate civic learning week. to those of you who are tuning in our the first part of the day, this is in operating a full week of activity all around the united states to emphasize the centrality of civic learning at this time and the ability to govern ourselves in this democratic republic. we are so delighted to be joined here by justices sotomayor and barrett. they need no introduction, but i feel compelled to provide one nonetheless and to kind of add respect for their offices and for their achievements to share what we have here. so, justice sonia sotomayor , associate justice, was born in the bronx on june 25th, 1954. she earned a ba from princeton university, graduating summa, loudly, and receiving the highest academic honor presented to an undergraduate. in 1979 she earned a jd from yale law school. she served as editor of the yale law journal. she later served as an

and the great justice sandra day o'connor, later came to regret that intervention and said maybe the courts should have said, we're not going to take that case goodbye. the case hey, she said, oh, effectively awarded the presidential election to george w bush. quote, it's stirred up the public and gave the court a less than perfect reputation. the question now is, are we going to have an independent judiciary and supreme court? and incidentally, the supreme same court, this supreme court has not until now been very friendly to donald trump. it has not done him favors. so it's not, it's not a ball game's not over year yet, but this whole question of whether or not, and we do know the incredible politicalization of justice thomas of justice fito, which is above and beyond that, which should be acceptable beyond legal principle in which they are highly politicized but we ought to really see is there a chance that maybe our institutions can work here so far, there had been some evidence of it. and let's see what happened if justice o'connor's admonition maybe might play here and there wi

is she trying to be more sandra day o'connor or can you figure that out? >> i i feel like it's not going to get better in terms of how they're all good hang a log. i mean, it's just hard math, it's 6-3. and if you're on the liberal side and you want to win, you need to flip to, you need roberts plus one and i, we haven't seen that. what we've seen it happening in some cases, but none of the big political cases. and immunity, i really think could be a defining moment here. and i think jessica is right. i think we need to watch out for the possibility that they don't even decided that they send it back down to the trial court, which will completely end any chance of trying it that if they do that is the biggest gift they could give donald trump. let's, let's be clear about that than anything other than a clear victory for jack smith and the department of justice is a victory for donald trump. e even if they say there's no absolute immunity is trump is asking for clarity. >> you want clarity >> i just want to follow the news out to elie honig. >> kara. thank

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