Good morning. It is the first time we have all been together since losing the notorious Justice Ginsburg. Sad passing for our country. My understanding from the jewish faith is when you leave on the eve of rosh hashanah, you are in this special category of the righteous. A she rest in peace. People ask me some stories about ruth bader ginsburg. When i want to tell you is remarkable. Tomorrow, we will be gathering at statutory hall. Air prayer will be led by a rabbi, the first jewish person to lie in state in the capital of the states. For i lot of cause dont want to say celebration, but observance. A historic time for a historic woman. That did more for the equality of women than anybody in our history. Theonored in the capital women members of the supreme court. Being the Senior Member, Justice Ginsburg spoke for the group to receive the honor. Woman the story of a yorker,. New a long time ago, she applied to practice law in the supreme court. Was 63. Against her there were nine justi
I want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the passing of Justice Ginsberg. She was a trailblazing civil rights lawyer, a giant of a jurist and a largerthanlife human being. But what i will remember most about her is her indomitable spirit. That and the devastating series of questions she hurled my way at oral argument in the Lilly Ledbetter case. In the kindest way possible, of course. Invite time, i want to any Panel Members who wish to do so to say anything they would like about Justice Ginsburg, but first, let me introduce our panel. [reads names] anybody who wants to come up be on video and take the floor. To, be on video and take the floor. Anyone want to start . Don . To get myill trying head around the idea that Justice Ginsburg wont be on the bench any longer. , maybe for most of us all of us on this panel who have argued in front of the court, she has in there for every argument we have paid have made. As you said in your introduction , even when you ultimately got her vot
Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
Ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of the United States of america, nancy reagan. [applause] [applause] mrs. Reagan thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [music concludes] [cheers and applause] mrs. Reagan thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. I have to tell you that there is no experience like watching yourself on film that you had done 30 years ago. [laughter] its an experience. But i know you have obviously heard a lot of political speeches. But i would like to shift gears with you for just a minute if i could, because it gives me the chance to Say Something to you i have wanted to say for a long time. Id like to thank you very much for all the support and the hard work, and the kindnesses that you have extended to us over it appeared of years over a period of years. I know you are not aware of it, but i drew on your strength many times, particularly the first year in the white house. [applause] i am very grateful to you for t
An aide and friend said without nancy, there would have been no governor or president reagan. Here are her brief remarks to the delegates of the Republican Convention 36 years ago. Ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of the United States of america, nancy reagan. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. I have to tell you that there is no experience like watching yourself on film that you had done 30 years ago. [laughter] it is an experience. But i know you have obviously heard a lot of political speeches. But i would like to shift gears with you for just a minute if i could, because it gives me the chance to Say Something to you i have wanted to say for a long time. I would like to thank you very of the support in the hard work and the kindness overave extended to us years. It,ow you are not aware of but i drew on your strength many , particularly the first year in the white house. [applause] i am very gra