>> BREAKING NEWS ALERT. ♪
BREAKING TONIGHT ICONIC A LONGTIME UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER
GINSBURG HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF
87 S
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT IN
WASHINGTON DC WHERE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED TONIGHT TO
PAY THEIR RESPECTS AT A
MEMORIAL IS GROWING ON THE
STEPS OF THE SUPREME
COURT BUILDING THE COURT
ANNOUNCING TONIGHT GINSBURG
DIED IN HER WASHINGTON HOME DUE
TO COMPLICATIONS THE STATIC
PANCREATIC CANCER THROUGHOUT
HER TENURE, JUSTICE GINSBURG
WAS A STEADFAST CHAMPION OF
WOMEN’S RIGHTS.
>>KENT JUSTICE: GINSBURG
ANNOUNCED IN JULY SHE WAS
UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY
TREATMENTS FOR LESIONS ON HER
LIVER. THE LATEST OF SEVERAL
BATTLES
WITH CANCER. SHE SPENT HER
FINAL YEARS ON THE BENCH AS THE
UNQUESTIONED LEADER OF THE
COURT’S
♪
COURT’S ♪ LIBERAL WING.
MARY BAER’S JOINING US NOW WITH
A LOOK AT GINSBURG’S LIFE IN
THE POWERFUL LEGACY MARRIED TO
THE LATE JUSTICE LEAVES BEHIND
A JOY AND KENT RUTH BADER
GINSBURG WAS A SECOND FEMALE
JUSTICE TO SERVE ON THE
HIGH COURT.
>>JOY PURDY: EVEN THOUGH HER
GENDER PREVENTED HER FROM
WORKING THERE AS A CLERK WHEN
SHE GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF HER
LAW CLASS.
♪
>>MARY BAER: RUTH BADER GINSBURG ARISE FROM A HUMBLE BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE
NATION’S HIGHEST COURT WAS A
CLASSIC
AMERICAN STORY.
>> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A BOOKKEEPER IN NEW
YORK’S GARMENT DISTRICT AND THE
SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE IN JUST ONE
GENERATION BY MOTHER’S LIFE AND
MINE THEIR WITNESS
WHERE ELSE. BUT IN AMERICA WITH
THAT HAPPEN.
>> SHE
WAS SMART TIED FOR FIRST IN HER
CLASS AT COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
BUT IN THE LATE 50’S AND EARLY
60’S THE GLASS CEILING
STOOD FIRM.
>> THERE WERE 3 STRIKES AGAINST
HER FIRST SHE WAS A WOMAN
SECOND. SHE WAS JEWISH 3RD SHE
HAD A YOUNG CHILD SHE TURNED TO
TEACHING LAW AND FIGHTING
GENDER DISCRIMINATION FOR
THE ACLU.
>> VERY MUCH WITH THE MODEL OF
THE N DOUBLE ACP, SIMPLE
DEFENSE FUND LED BY THURGOOD
MARSHALL SHE HAD THIS IDEA THAT
YOU HAVE TO BUILD PRECEDENT
STEP BY STEP IN 1980 GINSBURG
BECAME A FEDERAL APPELLATE
COURT JUDGE SO HELP ME GOD.
>> SO HELP
ME GOD.
>>MARY BAER: 13 YEARS LATER SHE
WAS NAMED TO THE SUPREME COURT
BY PRESIDENT CLINTON. THE
SECOND WOMAN ON THE BENCH.
THE FIRST SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR
WAS GLAD TO SEE HERE.
>> THE MINUTE JUSTICE GINSBURG
CAME TO THE COURT. WE WERE 9
JUSTICES, IT WASN’T 7 AND THEN
THE WOMEN AND IT WAS A GREAT
RELIEF
TO ME.
>>MARY BAER: AS A JUSTICE
GINSBURG CONSISTENTLY VOTED IN
FAVOR OF ABORTION ACCESS AND
CIVIL RIGHTS, PERHAPS HER BEST
KNOWN WORK ON THE COURT
WRITING THE 1996 LANDMARK
DECISION TO STRIKE DOWN THE
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE’S
BAN ON ADMITTING WOMEN.
SHE WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER BOLD
DISSENTS LIKE THE ONE SHE WROTE
IN THE COURT STOPPED THE 2000
FLORIDA BALLOT. RECOUNT STRUCK
DOWN A KEY PROVISION OF THE
VOTING RIGHTS ACT
AND ENDED THE CONTRACEPTION
MANDATE FOR SOME BUSINESSES
UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
>> IN
OUR VIEW. WHAT DOES NOT
COMPREHEND OR IS INDIFFERENT TO
THE INSIDIOUS WAY IN WHICH
WOMEN CAN
BE VICTIMS.
>> PAY DISCRIMINATION IN 2007
THE HIGH COURT RULED AGAINST
LILY LEAD BETTER A FACTORY
SUPERVISOR AT A TIRE PLANT IN A
HIGH-PROFILE PAY
DISCRIMINATION CASE. GINSBURG
URGED CONGRESS TO TAKE UP THE
ISSUE IN
HER DISSENT. 20 MONTHS LATER,
THE LILY LEAD THAT ARE FAIR PAY
ACT WAS THE FIRST BILL THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED
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INTO LAW.
AFTER JUSTICE JOHN
PAUL STEVENS RETIRED IN 2010
GINSBURG BECAME THE MOST SENIOR
OF HER LIBERAL COLLEAGUES, BUT
SHE DIDN’T
SLOW DOWN STEVEN KULL BEAR
DISCOVERED THAT THE HARD WAY
TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH OUR BEE
GEE’S FAMOUSLY TOUGH WORKOUTS.
♪
>> MORE NOW THAN
85 YEAR-OLD WOMAN. >>MARY BAER: GINSBURG HIRED A TRAINER AFTER TREATMENT FOR
COLORECTAL CANCER IN THE
LATE 90’S IN 2018 DOCTORS
TREATING THE JUSTICE FOR BROKEN
RIBS DISCOVERED CANCEROUS
GROWTHS ON HER LONG. THE
SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL
BUT THE RECOVERY CAUSE GINSBURG
TO MISS ORAL ARGUMENTS AT THE
SUPREME COURT FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN
HER CAREER. SHE WAS ALSO
TREATED SEVERAL TIMES FOR
PANCREATIC CANCER, BUT ALWAYS
STAYED UP ON HER
COURT WORK. EVEN AFTER LOSING
HER HUSBAND TO 56 YEARS TO
CANCER. GINSBURG WAS BACK ON
THE BENCH, THE NEXT MORNING.
I LOVE THE WORK I DO I THINK I
HAVE DONE
THIS.
>> JOB IN THE WORLD FOR A
LAWYER. I RESPECT
MY COLLEAGUES IN GENUINE
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NEED LIKE AND MOST OF THEM.
>>MARY BAER: HER BEST FRIEND ON THE BENCH WAS THE LATE JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA, HER IDEOLOGICAL
OPPOSITE WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE.
>> EXCEPT HER VIEWS OF THE LAW.
>>MARY BAER: THEY SHARED A LAUGH ABOUT GINSBURG DRINKING WINE BEFORE NODDING OFF AT THE
STATE OF THE UNION
I WASN’T.
>> A 100% SOBER BECAUSE BEFORE
WE WENT TO THE STATE OF THE
THEY HAD
DINNER TOGETHER AND JUSTICE
KENNEDY BROUGHT UNLESS THE
FIRST INTELLIGENT THING YOU’VE
DONE.
>>MARY BAER: IN HER LATER YEARS SHE GAINED ROCK STAR STATUS WITH MILLENNIALS THANKS TO
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> IT WAS BEYOND MY WILDEST
IMAGINATION THAT I WOULD ONE
DAY BECOME THE NOTORIOUS.
>>MARY BAER: THE NICKNAME WAS A PLAY ON THE NAME OF THE LATE RAPPER NOTORIOUS B
I G THERE WERE BOOKS CLOTHING
TATTOOS EVEN A SPECIES A
PRAYING MANTIS IN HER HONOR
ALONG WITH A RECURRING SNL
SKETCH YOU’RE JUST GOT GAINS
BURNED.
THERE WAS A FEATURE FILM ON THE
BASIS OF AND A DOCUMENTARY
PRODUCED BY CNN
RBG WAS AN UNEXPECTED BOX
OFFICE HIT AND GAVE THE JUSTICE
AND EVEN LARGER PLATFORM
TO SHARE HER LIFELONG MISSION
OF GENDER EQUALITY. PEOPLE ASK
ME SOMETIMES.
>> AND WILL THERE BE ENOUGH
WOMEN ON THE COURT. AND MY
ANSWER IS WHEN YOU’RE AN EYE.
>>MARY BAER: JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG IS SURVIVED BY 2