donald ritie, thank you for ing with us on america history . the senate jority leader i not a position in the constitution. how did the job evolve? that puzzles a lot of people. we once had a former speaker of the house contact us and say i was the president pro perso ray in the pro tempore but not the majority leader because e speakers of e usee the nate majority leader as their equivalent, their functional equivalent on the senate side. ofourse the speaker of the house is written ito the constution, and the president pro tempore is. but no mention of a majority leader or minority leader and that s because the constitutn did n ancipatepolitical parts. i think they thoughat it was probably gng to happen, but they didn want to encoure litica parties. theyake no provision for it. and for most ofthe history of thesenate we had no jority lead. om 1789 until 1913 there was noajit leader ofth senate. there re chairmen committees who wld sort of take care of things on the floo
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bader ginsburg. chief justice john roberts made the announcement last night. she was a jurist of historic stature. he added today we mourn and confidence that future generations will remember ruth bader ginsburg. we remember her a tireless champion of justice. pete williams takes a look back on her life and legacy. reporter: ruth bader ginsburg was one of the u.s. moderate to liberal members. a lawyer and judge and justice. she believed the constitution guaranteed women greater rights. over the course of now over two centuries, it has grown and developed some more and more people are included in the concept, we the people. reporter: rejected after law school for a clerk ship because she was a woman, she started her career as a law professor. arguing a string of cases before the supreme court that made it easier to sue for sex discrimination. it was president carter who appointed her to be a federal judge. clinton put her on the supreme court. it contributes to the e