Tonight we will look at all of it, her life, her jurisprudence, the fight now before us just when you perhaps thought our politics could not get any more poisonous or toxic, its about to. Donald trump had already started a rally in minnesota when word of her death arrived. He was informed only after leaving the stage en route to the flight home. She just died . Wow, i didnt know that. I just youre telling me now for the first time. She led an amazing life. What else can you say . She was an amazing woman. Whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. Im actually sad to hear that. And just a few minutes ago, the president issued a statement saying, quote, today our nation mourns the loss of a titan of the law. Nicolle. Look, if you are a woman, you live in Ruth Ginsburgs america, and she has been this towering figure in american jurisprudence and has affected our country in more ways than we can describe in just an hour. Even if she hadnt served on the cou
Announcer this is an msnbc special presentation its amazing that at the advanced age of 86, Everyone Wants to take a picture with me. She became a pop culture legend as an octogenarian. Ruth Bader Ginsburg [ applause ] also known as the notorious rbg. Laws of this quality help to keep women not on a pedestal but in a cage. She is, in my view, one of the most important americans ever to live. Now Justice Ginsburgs law clerks, a select group of her confidants who helped her shape the law on the Supreme Court for a quarter century, tell us how she changed thei i feel so lucky to have had her as a model. Her even temperament, her careful attention to language, her fair dealing with others. I would never call her the r word. It is always justice, and that will never change. Away from the court, ruth Bader Ginsburg has of course become a pop culture icon known as notorious rbg. Some diehard fans have even gotten rbg tattoos. Why would you make something that cant be removed on yourself . Not