Mr. President , i, many here with an incredibly heavy heart. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a tireless, legendary champion of equality who has shaped our society for the better passed away on friday, first eve of rosh hashanah. Adherents of the jewish faith believe that a person who passes away during the high holidays is a person of a great righteousness. Well, truer words could not be spoken of Justice Ginsburg. Standing at just over five feet tall, she was a giant among thij immoral beacon, whos life and legacy have inspired millions of americans to do their part, to bring about a more perfect and just union. Were all forever indebted to her. Brooklyn born daughter of working class jewish parents, young girl would become just the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Knew from early on, shed have to fight for her place in the world. And what a fighter she was. When she entered Harvard Law School in 1956, just one of nine women in a class of over 500, the United States was truly
Mr. Clinton thank you, thank you. Want to thank all of you. I tried to entertain Justice Ginsburg for a few moments before we came over here, telling herr stories of my adventures and misadventures in american politics, back when we viewed each other as threedimensional human beings and not cartoons. [applause] as is fairly had notwn now, i actually met Justice Ginsburg until that memorable sunday evening in 1993 when she came to see me the white house. I had already interviewed two other people and it immediately leaked to the press. I had a lot of young aides who work hard and were good people but if a reporter called them, they were more afraid to say i dont know than anything else, so i got a big kick out of it. I sneaked who is now one of the most famous people in the world into the white house and nobody knew. [laughter] had beenon i president for less than a year, and i already had a Supreme Court appointment to make. I wanted to do a good job. Judge ginsburg was one of three pe
This is about one hour, 10 minutes. [applause] Justice Ginsburg, members of our faculty, our class, it is a privilege to welcome you here today. A few years ago, we began inviting people to offer reflections to our entering class. This has been an extraordinary opportunity for our students, as you embark on your legal education, to listen to and learn from someone whose career has shaped the law. And by attending georgetown law, you have chosen to learn the law you have chosen to learn the law in a place where laws are made. And this is evident in the speakers who have welcomed our first year students. People have heard from Justice Sotomayor, justice stevens, and the late justice scalia. And we have been so fortunate the last two years, this is the second year in a row, to be joined by the legendary Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [applause] i know a long introduction of Justice Ginsburg is not necessary for georgetown students. You know about her decisions and her pointed and influentia
An environment where i have to build constituencies, and in doing that i may have different points of view and portray them differently the to each constituency and may talk differently to each, but at the end of the day, good or bad, im a businessman. Ive built businesses, lost businesses, Capital Gains taxes i paid, tax carry forwards and all this has become an issue, but at the end of the day, lets separate words from actions. Rose we conclude this evening with part one of a twopart conversation with associate Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg of the United States Supreme Court. I went to the library and, inside of a month, i had read every law review article, every federal decision that had to do with genderbased differentials. It was no mean feat. There was precious little there and all of it was bad. All of it was whatever lines based on gender that the law draws, its okay with the courts. Rose politics and the court, when we continue. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news an
An environment where i have to build constituencies, and in doing that i may have different points of view and portray them differently the to each constituency and may talk differently to each, but at the end of the day, good or bad, im a businessman. Ive built businesses, lost businesses, Capital Gains taxes i paid, tax carry forwards and all this has become an issue, but at the end of the day, lets separate words from actions. Rose we conclude this evening with part one of a twopart conversation with associate Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg of the United States Supreme Court. I went to the library and, inside of a month, i had read every law review article, every federal decision that had to do with genderbased differentials. It was no mean feat. There was precious little there and all of it was bad. All of it was whatever lines based on gender that the law draws, its okay with the courts. Rose politics and the court, when we continue. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news an