The d world caught up. Over the course of two decades and academics in general counsel for the aclu, ruth worked to challenge theth foundation of the legal system that had long treated women as a group that had to be protected and thus excluded. From full participation in american life. Not only did she reverse those laws, and convince the majority of the Supreme Court that the constitution forbids discrimination on the basis of, she was a living, breathing example of how absurd and idea it ever was that women needed additional protection. And when she got to the court, she ruled in a manner that brought the same equality and justice to so many different people from awe walks of life. The daughter of russian immigrants who came toy, this country, like my own grandparents, ruth went to the same high school as i did in brooklyn, new york, james mattis high school, two decades before i did. I followed her career and her assent to the bench. With that special pride you feel watching someon
Procedural vote scheduled for 5 30 p. M. Eastern time. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. Ck will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god who has given us the gift of life, consecrate with your presence the way our lawmakers work today. Since they dont know what a day will bring, help them to strive to serve you in faithfulness each moment. In all things draw their minds to the goal of seeking to please you. As they draw near to you, illuminate their paths with your wisdom and grace. Show them how to unselfishly serve your great purposes for humanity, proving themselves worthy of your manifold blessings. And, lord, as millions mourn Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs death, send the solace of your comfort. We pray in your unifying name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisib
Mac will john, thank you for taking this opportunity to discuss your new book. I am delighted by the opportunity to have some questions about it. I reddit a few days ago. Had a little bit of time to prepare for this interview. I want to start because he wrote a peace in 2017 that unloaded pretty strong on President Trump for various overreaches for the exercise of executive powers. Now youre presenting him as a defender of the traditional Constitution Order regarding president ial powers. I want to ask you what changed your view . How did you move from where you were before to what you have presented in your new book . Guest thanks for inviting me to it come on with you. And really looking forward to this conversation. As you know ive been an admirer of your work on executive privilege, this should be a lot of fun. I started out wary of President Trump. I was not a supporter of his and the 2016 election. And the thing that worried me as he was a populist. In the constitution seems desi
The first lecture in this years series. This year, we are examining dissents opinions. Different aspects thereof. You have already been warned about your cell phones and your apple watches and so forth so i will not repeat that. But you will be in the doghouse if it goes off during the period of our evening. I also want to thank this evening our host, Justice Stephen breyer, who against all odds was able to come and introduce our speaker on the first day of a busy term. Justice breyer is one of the most faithful friends of the society. Whenever we have called on him to help us out, he has shown up and done a wonderful job. Him for taking time away from his busy schedule on first day of term. To impose too much on his time so i will abbreviate the introduction of Justice Breyer. Francisco. In san he received an a. B. From stanford. Aba from mod lang college, oxford and an ll. B. From harvard. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur goldberg of the Supreme Court of the United States d
And early 20th century. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, im from atlanta and i currently serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. Im pleased to welcome you to the first lecture in this years silverman series. This year we are examining dissents not majority opinions. A different aspect thereof. Youve already been warned about your cell phones and apple watches and so forth. So i wont repeat that. But you will be in the dog house if it goes off during the period of our evening. I also want to thank this evening our host Justice Stephen breyer who against all odds agreed to come and introduce our speaker this evening on the first day of a busy term. Justice breyer is one of the most faithful friends of the society. Whenever we have called on him to help us out he has shown up and done a wonderful job. I want to thank him for taking time away from his busy schedule on first day of term. I dont want to impose too much on Justice Breyers time so im going to abbreviate