For the election november nine after a lengthy 30 hour debate on the nomination of u. S. Circuit seventh Circuit Court of appeals judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court. Confirming her for the court by a vote of 6248, 45 democrats and two independents voting no and one rural begin voting no as well, senator Susan Collins of maine. Here on cspan2 we will continue to take your phone calls and reactions to the vote today, 20274889214 for level begins, 202 7488920 for democrats and for all others 202 7488922, 202 7488923 for your texts. All blumenthal of Huffington Post write about president rob success on the Supreme Court saying this, Donald Trumps Reception Court justices the most since reagan fulfilled the 40 year long drive for a rocksolid conservative majority by the conservative legal movement. What happens now. Just about what happens now here on cspan2 our coverage tonight is a tweet from Caitlin Collins of cnn the white house officially announcing that President Trump will
And we begin with breaking news from the United States where a Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died of complications from pancreatic cancer the 87 year old has been a champion of womens rights and the leader of the courts liberal wing death gives President Trump a chance to dramatically expand the courts conservative majority at a time when america is deeply divided and the president ial vote is just over 6 weeks away i did jocasta begins our coverage with a look back at Ruth Bader Ginsburgs life and legacy. Physically Ruth Bader Ginsburg was diminutive but she loomed large on the u. S. Supreme Court Ginsburg was a blunt talking liberal who often challenge her conservative colleagues on the bench warrant to jewish immigrants in Brooklyn New York in 1933 ginsburg was a brilliant student she was one of only 9 women to enroll in Harvard University law school in 1956 later transferring to Columbia University where she graduated at the top of her class but as ginsburg told one
Seat on the court, just about 50 days before election day. Nbcs tracie potts has a look at Justice Ginsburgs life. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg spent more than a quarter century on the u. S. Supreme court and spent much of her career 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, this was the late 50s, she taught at columbia, then worked on the womens rights project in the 70s. As their lawyer she won five of six cases before the us Supreme Court. Her ultimately goal was to get sex discrimination treated by the Supreme Court the same way race discrimination was treated. Reporter president clinton made her the second female on the nations highest court where she continued to even the playing field, supporting reproductive rights and the lgbtq community. While her rulings leaned liberal, off the bench she was Clo
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