SHE
SHE WAS
SHE WAS A
SHE WAS A FEMINIST AND A LEGAL PIONEER4@,
SHE WAS A FEMINIST AND A LEGAL PIONEER4@,A TRAILBLAZING JURIST WHOSE
STATURE ON THE BENCH OF THE
NATION'S HIGHEST COURT WAS4@
ANYTHING BUT DIMINUTIVE.
TONIGHT AMERICA MOURNS JUSTICE
RUTH BADER GINSBURG. THE
SUPREME COURT TELLING US SHE
PASSED AWAY THIS EVENING FROM
COMPLICATIONS OF METASTATIC
PANCREATIC CANCER4@4@. HER FAMIY
WAS AROUND HER AT A RECALL
WHERE SHE DIED NIGHT. THE
SUPREME COURT IN D.C. WHICH WAS
HERE WHICH IS OUR HOME FOR 27
YEARS ON THE BENCH LOWER4@ THE
AMERICAN FLAG TO HALF MAST.
MANY PEOPLE COMING4@ TO THE
BUILDING AND LAYING FLOWERS AT
THE STEPS THERE THAT4@ REALLY
SPEAKING TO THE WORK OF OUR BGF
.HER IMPACT4@ ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS
IN THIS COUNTRY IS REALLY
BEYOND MEASURE AND HER LEGACY
CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN@
.BB84@ SOLEMNLY SWEAR POISED AND
SOFT SPOKEN. SHE WAS A4@ NATIVE
NEW YORKER WITH A STELLAR
RESUME AND ONLY THE4@ SECOND
WOMAN EVER PICKED FOR THE
NATION'S HIGHEST COURT. AFTER
GRADUATING FROM COLUMBIA LAW
SCHOOL4@, RUTH BADER GINSBURG
FOUGHT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
IN HER CAREER PATH4@ AND SHE HAD
THE FULL SUPPORT OF HER HUSBAND
MARTIN BEING JEWISH, A WOMAN
AND A MOTHER. SHE SAID FOR
THREE4@ STRIKES THAT PUT HER OUT
OF THE GAME. LAW FIRMS REJECTED
HER SO SHE TOOK A JOB AS A LAW
CLERK, THEN A PROFESSOR AT
IN THE 1970S. SHE STARTED THE
WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROJECT4@4@ AT TE
ACLU. HAVING EXPERIENCED
DISCRIMI4@NATION, SHE DEVOTED TE
NEXT4@ 20 YEARS OF HER CAREER
FIGHTING. GINSBURG TOOK ON A
SERIES OF LANDMARK CASES
DEALING WITH GENDER EQUALITY.
SHE ARGUED SIX4@ CASES BEFORE TE
SUPREME COURT AND ONE FINE. SHE@
DID. PRESIDENT CLINTON'S
NOMINATION WAS NOT JUST A
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT BUT A STEP
FORWARD FOR WOMEN. IT
CONTRIBUTES TO THE END4@ OF THE
DAY WHEN WOMEN AT LEAST HALF
THE TALENT POOL IN OUR SOCIETY
APPEAR IN HIGH PLACES. 4@ONLY AS
ONE AT A TIME PERFORMANCE.
GINSBURG HAD SEVERAL HEALTH
SCARES IN 2018. DOCTORS REMOVED
TWO GROWTHS FROM HER LUNGS
CAUSING HER TO MISS SIX DAYS
IN COURT4@. SHE SURVIVED 4@COLON
CANCER AND PANCREATIC CANCER.
BUT SHE REFUSED TO STEP DOWN,
EARNING HER POP CULTURE ICON
STATUS4@. IT WAS BEYOND MY
WILDEST IMAGINATION4@ THAT I
WOULD ONE DAY PICK UP THE
NOTORIOUS GENE4@ THEY FOLD CHURH
ON HER INDELIBLE MARK ON4@
AMERICA ESPECIALLY AS A
CHAMPION FOR WOMEN IS ONE THAT
WILL LAST GENERATIONS WELL
BEYOND HER PASTORY REACTION AND@
DOHLE SAYS ALL POURING IN FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HILLARY
CLINTON THE4@ PRESIDENT GEORGE .
BUSH. WHAT DOES GOV. RON
DESANTIS4@ TWEETING HIS REGARDS
AND ALSO ORDERING ALL FLAGS
THROUGHOUT THE4@ STATE TO FLY AT
HALF STAFF TO HONOR JUSTICE BB8
INTO TIME OF SERVICE. PRESIDENT
TRUMP LEARNED RB GS4@ JUST
MOMENTS AFTER STEPPING OFF THE
STAGE AT A RALLY IN MINNESOTA4@
AND HAD THIS TO SAY. SHE LED4@
AMAZING. WHAT ELSE COULD YOU
SAY SHE4@ WAS AN AMAZING WOMAN.
WHETHER YOU AGREE OR NOT, SHE
WAS AN AMAZING WOMAN. I DON'T
YOU LIFE SAID HERE I AM4@.
JUSTICE BREYER GINSBURG WAS A
BRILLIANT AND BRAZEN JUSTICE
AND LEAVES A H4@UGE VOID ON THE
NATION'S HIGHEST COURT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALREADY
PRESIDED OVER THE CONFIRMATION4@
OF TWO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
DURING HIS PRESIDENCY. PEOLE
WHICH BRETT KAVANAUGH AND WILL
LIKELY MOVE FAST TO REPLACE RB
JAKE4@ LIKE MAJORITY LEADER MITH
MCCONNELL RELEASED A STATEMENT
SAYING THE PRESIDENT'S
NOMINATION4@ WILL RECEIVE A FULL
VOTE IN THE SENATE JUST WEEKS
BEFORE THE ELECTION. HERE'S A
DEEPER DOVE AS TO WHY POLITICAL
EXPERT LARS AAEF4@ SAYS THAT IS
CONTROVERSIAL. WE4@ KNOW THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA ACTUALLY
NOMINATED MERRICK GARLAND
IN MARCH OF AN ELECTION YEAR
AND NOW WE'RE4@ IN SEPTEMBER
OF AN ELECTION YEAR LESS THAN
50 DAYS AWAY4@ FROM THE ELECTION
.BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE DONALD
TRUMP PUT FORWARD A NOMINEE AND
MITCH MCCONNELL IN THE SENATE
WILL4@ TRY TO RUSH THE PROCESS
THROUGH. AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT4@
DONE BY THE ELECTION, THERE
WILL STILL BE A LAME DUCK
SESSION AFTER THE ELECTION. AND
THEY COULD PUSH THAT INDIVIDUAL
THROUGH AT4@ THAT POINT IN TIME
YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IT TAKES A
COUPLE4@ MONTHS FROM NOMINATION
TO CONFIRMATION. CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN ROBERTS CONFIRMATION UNDER
GEORGE W. BUSH. THAT TOOK
TWENTY THREE DAYS BUT THAT
WASN'T DURING AN ELECTION NIGHT
.DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE JOE