people people from all over the country come here. he was quoting risk gaidar ruth bader ginsberg. when asked about a country that was to form a constitution, her advice was if i was you, i would not look at the united states constitution. i would look at the constitution of south africa. i heard earlier speakers talk about how important this who serves us on the supreme court, and the supreme court justices need to understand that our constitution is our constitution, and it means what it says, and we have to protect it and we have to defend it. [applause] and the owes the that i take as a senator and the oath that they take as the justice of the supreme court to defend the constitution means just exactly that. it does not mean to rewrite the constitution. it does not mean to stake out something you like better. it means to defend our constitution. the constitutional government in the country today almost has ceased to function. this is a big generational election, a big