FRANK IS TAKING A LOOK AT
BRAND NEW TRACKS, WE’LL CHECK
WITH HIM IN JUST MINUTES.
DOMINIQUE: BREAKING NEWS WE’VE
BEEN FOLLOWING ALL EVENING,
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH
BADER GINSBURG DIED OF
COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER.
THE 87-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN A
MEMBER OF THE HIGHEST COURT IN
THE COUNTRY SINCE 1993.
KRIS: THESE ARE LIVE IMAGES
FROM THE NATION’S CAPITOL AS
PEOPLE MOURN AT THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT BUILDING, THE
U.S. CAPITOL, THE FLAG FLIES
AT HALF-STAFF.
WE’RE TOLD JUSTICE GINSBURG
WAS SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AT
HER HOME IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHEN SHE PASSED. DOMINIQUE: NBC’S TRACEY POTS
DOMINIQUE: NBC’S TRACEY POTS
LOOKS BACK AT HER LIFE AND
LEGACY.
>> Reporter: JUSTICE RUTH
BADER GINSBURG SPENT MUCH OF
HER YEAR FIGHTING FOR
EQUALITY.
>> HOW WRONG IT IS TO JUDGE
PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF WHAT
THEY LOOK LIKE.
>> Reporter: BORN IN BROOKLYN,
NEW YORK, SHE TIED FOR FIRST
IN HER CLASS AT COLUMBIA LAW,
BUT WITH NO JOB OFFERS FROM
LAW FIRMS, THE LATE 50s.
SHE TAUGHT AT RUTGERS AND
COLUMBIA AND HELPED LAUNCH THE
ACLU’S CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT IN
THE 70s.
LATER SHE WON FIVE OF SIX
CASES BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT.
>> HER ULTIMATE BOWL TO WAS TO
GET SEX DISCRIMINATION TREATED
BY THE SUPREME COURT THE SAME
WAY THAT RACE DISCRIMINATION
WAS TREATED.
>> Reporter: FROM THE COURT OF
APPEALS, PRESIDENT CLINTON
MADE HER THE SECOND FEMALE ON
THE NATION’S HIGHEST COURT
WHERE SHE CONTINUES TO EVEN
THE PLAYING FIELD, ENDING
MALE-ONLY COLLEGE ADMISSION,
SUPPORTING REPRODUCTIVE LIGHTS
AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
WHILE HER RULINGS LEANED
LIBERAL, OFF THE BENCH SHE WAS
CLOSE FRIENDS WITH THE LATE
CONSERVATIVE JUSTICE ANTONIN
SCALIA.
IN HER 80s SHE WAS POPULAR
WITH THE NEW GENERATION,
CELEBRATED IN THE BOOK THE
NOTORIOUS RBG AND PARODIED ON
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."
>> I’M NEVER GOING TO STEP
DOWN NOW.
YOU CAN’T GET RID OF ME.
>> Reporter: THE WHOLE NEW
GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ADMIRE HER AND THINK OF HER AS
A ROCK STAR.
>> Reporter: JUSTICE GINSBURG
SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE #METOO
MOVEMENT.
>> IT IS AS EFFECT AFZ A WOMAN
WHO WORKS AS A MAID IN A HOTEL
AS IT IS FOR HOLLYWOOD STARS.
>> Reporter: A WIFE, A MOTHER,
A GRANDMOTHER, AN ADVOCATE FOR
EQUALITY FOR NEARLY HALF A
CENTURY.
TRACEY POTTS, NBC NEWS.
DOMINIQUE: MANY STATE AND
LOCAL LEADERS ARE REMEMBERING
THE LONGTIME SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE.
KRIS: THAT INCLUDES SENDING
THEIR CONDOLENCES ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
KEITH GARVIN IS LIVE WITH A
CLOSER LOOK.
>> Reporter: JUSTICE GINSBURG
REMEMBERED FER HER TENACITY
AND FIERCE DEFENSE OF EQUAL
RIGHTS.
THE STATEMENT FROM REPUBLICAN
U.S. SENATOR FROM TEXAS JOHN CORNYN --
titan of the Supreme Court for
more than a cent quarter of a
century. Despite our
ideological differences, I’ve
always maintained a deep
respect for justice Ginsburg.
Republican congressman Dan Crenshaw with these words on
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DAN
CRENSHAW WITH THESE WORDS ON
TWITTER --
DEMOCRATIC U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
SYLVIA GARCIA ALSO EXPRESSING HER SORROW OVER THE DEATH
HER SORROW OVER THE DEATH
TWEETING --
I ALSO SPOKE A SHORT TIME AGO
WITH DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN
SHEILA JACKSON LEE, SHE SAYS
JUSTICE GINSBURG WAS A HERO TO
MANY WOMEN.
>> SHE WENT TO LAW SCHOOL,
WENT TO COLLEGE, SHE HAD
CHILDREN IN THE MIDST OF THAT.
SHE MARRIED.
SHE WAS OF THE ERA OF MAKING
SURE EVERYONE NEW SHE COULD DO
ALL OF THAT AND BE AN ASTUTE
SCHOLAR OF THE LAW.
SO MANY OF US CONFRONTED THAT
SAME SCENARIO IN OUR LIFE IN
TERMS OF CONFRONTING OUR
FEMININITY, BUT ALSO OUR
PROFESSIONALISM AND WANTING TO
SHOW EVERYONE THAT WE COULD BE
ACCOMPLISHED.
>> Reporter: ALSO SEEING LOTS
OF REACTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA
REGARDING JUSTICE GINSBURG’S
PASSING AND PARTICULAR
RELATING TO HER JEWISH FAITH.
SHE PASSED AWAY ON THE EVE OF
ROSH HASHANAH, ACCORDING TO
TRADITION, A PERSON WHO DIES
ON THE HIGH HOLIDAY IS
CONSIDERED MOST RIGHTEOUS.
SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE
SUPREME COURT.