Gentlemen, please welcome the provost. [applause] good evening, its my great pleasure to welcome you to Memorial Church for the last lecture on a Meaningful Life. We are deeply honored to have, as our speaker, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [applause] [cheering] this event, as you know, has a rich history at stanford. Lecture afterin a a law professor decided to give it about the meaning of life. On the last day of his law class, one spring, the lecture was such a spirit a such a success that it turned into an theal tradition until professor retired. It was revived in 2008, supported by a generous gift by the foundation for global community, which established that henry and emilio rathbun fun for exploring what leads to a Meaningful Life. Visiting fellow is selected to come to stanford to deliver this lecture and to spend time with our faculty, students, and staff. Timebusy world, and in a of great change in our country, this lecture p
Amendment. A warning from white House Speaker nancy pelosi today, the democrats could once again be talking about removing President Trump from office. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman Speaker Pelosi made that comment today during a news briefing make it clear she is planning to talk about the 25th amendment tomorrow that outlines president ial transfer of power procedures. Catherine heenan the host of inside bay area politics is here with this warning from the speaker. Good afternoon catherine yeah, i new on all of this and were one less than a month away from the election. Nancy pelosi have been talking to reporters about covid19 as she was beginning to wrap Weekly News Conference she suddenly said this. What are we talking about here. Tomorrow by the way. Tomorrow. Come here tomorrow, well be talking about the 25th amendment but not to take attention away from the subject we have now. You think its time to invoke the 25th amendment. Ill ta
Particularly for you. Having spent so much time close to her, what did you see about the greatness some of us do not get to see just watching her on the bench . Was a Justice Ginsburg surprising person in many ways. She was shy and retiring and super serious, and yet she had an extraordinary sense of humor. She loved to laugh. That is part of the reason she was able to maintain such great relationships with all of her colleagues on the Supreme Court and with everybody who worked with her, including her famous friendship with justice scalia. It was interesting to get a little bit of a window into how practical she was, how strategic she was. Person a very strategic and i think you see that in a lot of her rulings. In honor of a lifetime to tell her story. David one of the things that strikes me as remarkable is we forget when she started out, it was not recognized that the equal protection clause even applied to women and she systematically i got to see one of her arguments at the Supre
Five minutes. When is his need to unmute themselves when recognized for their five minutes or ask a question. Please keep your camera on at all times even if you need to step away for a moment during proceedings. Do not leave the meeting. As we begin, we should take a moment to honor an important anniversary in our nations history. Fiftyseven years ago today, hundreds of self thousands of americans came to our Nations Capital for the march on washington, the job and freedom. Our hero, late representative, john lewis from the Lincoln Memorial that day. He fearlessly challenged our countrys denial of freedom and civil rights to black americans including the right to vote. Within 70 years earlier called preservative of all rights. Today, many people are gathering at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the march and continue demands for Voting Rights, racial equality, Police Accountability and criminal justice reform. On income it access to voting, the bedrock of our democracy. Today, the
Learning cancer from radiation was continuing to affect atomic bomb survivors and their children. Narrated by ms. Lifton the Film Documents the origins of hiroshimas peace park and tells the story of how hand made paper cranes became a symbol of peace and remembrance for victims of the august 6th, 1945 atomic bombing of the city. In japan there is an old belief that a crane can live for a thousand years. If you fold a thousand paper cranes, they will protect you from illness. After the bomb fell on hiroshima, august 6th, 1945, the people folded paper cranes. Today in hiroshima men, women, and children are still folding paper cranes. Especially children. For they stirl suffering from radiation effects of the bomb. What is it like to be a child in hiroshima so many years after the war . These children look like children anywhere. They are in the peace park and the monument behind them is dedicated to the 70,000 people known to have died from the bomb. Although estimates go as high as 200