Front of us. At mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. Mutual of america financial group, Retirement Services and investments. Additional support has been provided by consumer cellular. And by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan good evening, and thank you for joining us. Ruth bader ginsburg, the second woman to serve as a u. S. Supreme court justice, who became the leader of the courts liberal wing, died yesterd at the age of 87. Ginsburg was at home with her family. Her death was due to complications from metastatic pareatic cancer. Outside the Supreme Court, where she served for 27 years, mourners continued to add to an informal memorial that began last night with candles, flowers and notes to the justice. President trump heard the news of ginsburgs death fr reporters as he left a C
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Supreme court, thousands gathered for a second night to pay tribute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. There to mourn her friend and lead the crowd in a chant was senator elizabeth warren. She is just one of many lawmakers, tonight, now debating when ginsburgs seat will be filled. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. Ginsburg died yesterday at age 87 from complications from pain kr pancreatic cancer. The justice was longknown for being an advocate of womens rights and civility. Abcs Carina Mitchell has more. Reporter outside the Supreme Court, lawyers gathering to pay tribute to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. A popculture icon, who became known as the notorious rbg. Even though people talk about her as being tiny. She actually is at least tenfeet tall, and looms over all of us in her energy and force and determination. Reporter the battle to fill her seat already underway. Joe biden tweeting the Supreme Court is on the ballot. And the outcome
Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
Harris on the democratic ticket. Then, Purdue University associate professor nadia brown joins us for more on the Vice President of canada and the role of black women in american politics. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, august 13. Joe biden and Kamala Harris made their debut as democratic running mates. With of the ticket now set, harris biggest moments in the spotlight are set to come next week at the Democratic Convention and debate with mike pence. We are asking you how much you Pay Attention to the bottom half of a party ticket. Do you think running mates matter . Phone lines for you to call in, republicans, democrats, independents. You can also send us a text. Do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter and facebook. A very good thursday morning to you. You can go ahead and start calling in as we begin with this headline from yesterday from political. Mates dont usually matter, they write