I have a few more things. [laughter] for the past year at the library of congress, we have been celebrating changemakers, and i can think of a few people that fit the description and the United States Supreme Court justice liquidator ginsberg. [applause] [cheering] okay. Im going to hurry up. She is a hero and inspiration to so many of us. In fact, at 4 a. M. This morning, students from American University [cheering] camped out in front of this facility and they are here. Justice, are you going to talk about the graduation from Columbia Law School, spend mostt of the career advocating human rights and all these things and then recently was called the beyonce of jurisprudence. And she said i would rather use a jlo. [cheering] [laughter] without further ado, she is joined by her coauthors of the bestselling memoir, coauthors mary chi adjunct professor at georgetown law Wendy Williams Professor Emeritus at georgetown law, and her interviewer today and the interviewer the person that you k
Good afternoon. Before we moved to the third panel, the Lasting Legacy, i just want to take a moment and thank all of our Reagan Foundation trustees, in particular mr. Ted olson. Thank you for giving us this opportunity. applause throughout todays discussion, we reviewed the Historical Context of Justice Oconnors life and career and captured it significance. We have commented on the jurisprudence and now we will turn to the legacy and discuss the lasting contribution in the ways we will continue to see her hand in law and the civic life of this great country. About 15 years before he nominated Sandra Day Oconnor, Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most consequential political speeches at a law day lunch in southern california. In 1966, outlining his decision in creative society, Ronald Reagan advanced an initiative to take judges out of politics and articulated his vision of an ideal judge. He called for judges to be men with ability come up men of honor and men who are fairminded. Whe
Despite the century that has elapsed our constitution still does not recognize or guarantee full protection of the law for women and gender minorities. Hj resolution 79 would bring us one step closer. The resolution removes the previous deadline set for ratifying the e. R. A. And will ensure that recent ratifications by nevada , illinois, in virginia are given full effect. The e. R. A. Offers a basic and fundamental guarantee, the equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Thats it. Very simple. In the years since it was passed by overwhelming majorities in the house and senate we have made Great Strides to secure that equality including through existing case law signed under the 14th amendment. The e. R. A. Would enshrine those principles and take the final step of ensuring that laws disadvantaging women and gender minorities are subject to the most rigorous form of constitutional scrutiny. In recent years w
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