At the ronalreagan president ial Foundation Institute it is my honor to have judge ginsburg with us was the chief judge on the dc circuit 2001 through 2008 and on the court working with the Reagan Administration top bar and Harvard University of chicago columbia we are excited to talk about this project you have been working on. Amazon video series more or less perfect union. So what was it that made you want to do that . Thank you for asking. This is addressed to a crisis in our Education System in the us now. And those that have been neglected graduating each year from high school never exposed to how the Government Works what the constitution says and the National Values are and simply we cannot have that functioning democratic republic with a completely ignorant population but we are headed in that direction. I am doing is part of a broader reaction to that with Civics Education Sandra Day Oconnor started the ball rolling him and to create educational materials and to distribute so
Of things. Its both available on amazon prime, a video series called a more or less perfectunion. As well as a companion book. If i can ask you judge ginsburg what was it that made you want to do this . Thank you tony for asking. This is addressed to what i think is a real crisis in our Education System in the us now. In that civics is not being taught as nearly and widely as it should be. Even American History is often neglected. So we have millions of students graduating each year from high school who have never been exposed to how our government works, what our constitution says. What our National Values are even. The younger person is these days, the more ignorant they are likely to be on these topics and we simply cannot have a functioning democratic republic with a completely ignorant population but we are heading in that direction. And i am, what im doing is part of a broader reaction to that in civics education. I think Sandra Day Oconnor started the ball rolling a dozen years
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Of columbia circuit. A position he was appointed to a 1986 by president Ronald Reagan. He served as ahief judge of 2001 until 2008. In 1987, speing of judge ginsburg present ragan said he believes as i d that the proper role of the judiciary is to interpret the ross laws not make them. He bieves that inur democracy is for the elect representatives of the people to mak the laws. And the judges must never attempt to substitute their private will for t will of the people. You see, judge ginsburg remembers as i do the warning of james mattis the dissent for which theonstitution was accepted and ratied by the nati is not the guide to expounding a there can be no security for the faithful ercise of the powers. Judge ginsburgs got on to write many books for the cotitution. His newest book voices of our republic is a companion peace to his threepart a me elect perfect unit which shelso talks about this today. This is of our public features about the constitution personalities dignitaries and e
Who passed away this summer theres not a lot of last left. Or for trump in that area so i wouldnt be surprised if we would see bidens. By then it should expand a little bit there and trump simply cannot afford to lose georgia if you looses georgies and it would be the 1st time since 1902 since both that im not in the type of state so i also be because its such a tight race i mean expect trumps team to maybe fall some lawsuits if they can somehow challenge the count there ok tell us a little bit about the timeline now because this is the 1000000. 00 question when could we see some of these states starts to close and because weve heard in the next couple of hours for example we could get some new results from pennsylvania they they apparently are are counting quite rapidly down there and what are we looking at hours days well pennsylvania said we could expect more results already by for today friday later tonight. Were looking at about 163000. 00 votes left to be counted trump is up ther