Her books include lewis and its brandeis, published in 1984, nominated a Pulitzer Prize when the nazis came to skokie in 1999. And women in the barracks, published in 2002, about Bader Ginsburgs most Important Supreme Court gender equality opinion, a frequent lecture at home and abroad. She is also the recipient of a prize for scholarly writing about the supreme presented by then chief william rehnquist. And i had the pleasure of cochairing washington history seminar a number of years ago when she stepped in to replace christian when he was on sabbatical from the Wilson Center. Today, philip will be talking about her just published book on account of sex Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the making gender equality law. Philip, welcome back. I should say to the washington history. Great to have you here. The screen all yours. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you to even though youre not here today, christian and let me echo the to pete and rachel who really make this whole thing work. And also
Her books include lewis and its brandeis, published in 1984, nominated a Pulitzer Prize when the nazis came to skokie in 1999. And women in the barracks, published in 2002, about Bader Ginsburgs most Important Supreme Court gender equality opinion, a frequent lecture at home and abroad. She is also the recipient of a prize for scholarly writing about the supreme presented by then chief william rehnquist. And i had the pleasure of cochairing washington history seminar a number of years ago when she stepped in to replace christian when he was on sabbatical from the Wilson Center. Today, philip will be talking about her just published book on account of sex Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the making gender equality law. Philip, welcome back. I should say to the washington history. Great to have you here. The screen all yours. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you to even though youre not here today, christian and let me echo the to pete and rachel who really make this whole thing work. And also
Away, which will mean literally thousands of dollars in the pockets of many seniors. I would suggest to our colleagues in the house and the minority of the minority here in the senate who want to shut things down because they have not gotten their way on Health Reform, that it would be so much better for the American People if they chose the path that we did on medicare prescription drugs, which is to try to make it work the best that we can and then to look for ways to make it better. So instead of doing that, what we have is a situation where we are being held hostage, Public Services are being held hostage to eliminate something that frankly that the majority of people already voted to say they wanted to put into place, fix it, yes. Their problems, yes, fix it. But they certainly dont want to go back to hundreds of dollars a month for a family for a policy that covers almost nothing, which is what has happened all across michigan and all across the country, a situation where women g
Ginsburg had a long and illustrious career on the high court over the course of 27 years, she became the most powerful liberal on the bench. Ginsburgs popularity transcended law and politics. Her prolific impassioned dissenting opinions gave her pop culture acclaim earning her the nickname the notorious rbg. As the country mourns, we have been wincing an outpouring of love and support for her. Heres a live look at capitol hill. Last night nancy pelosi ordered the flags atop the building to half staff to celebrate ginsburgs life. Flags over the white house have been lowered in honor of the might justice. John roberts said our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, a tireless and resolute champion of justice. 2016 democratic nominee and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton wrote Justice Ginsburg paved the way fo
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. Schools in california will not reopen for the new Academic Year, as the us is hit by a new wave of coronavirus infections. Little progress as european leaders meet to hammer out a deal to rebuild their virus hit economies. How germany fears thatjetting off on Summer Holidays could undermine efforts to keep the coronavirus outbreak under control. And facing prison for making music, the iranian women banned from singing solo. Hello and welcome. President trump has said he wont force americans to wearface masks in public to help contain the spread of coronavirus. His comments come as millions of children in the two most populous us states, california and texas, have been told they wont be going back to school for the new Academic Year. About 140,000 americans have died from the virus. The bbcs north america correspondent david willis reports from los angeles. The partitions are i