A conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen for a wide-ranging conversation in celebration of the 25th anniversary of her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the 75-minute interview, Justice Ginsburg talks about the #MeToo movement, confessed her affection for Millennials, discussed the Supreme Court cases she’d like to see overturned, and told some personal stories about the progress women’s rights have made—while reminding the audience of just how recently gender discrimination in American law seemed not only normal but entrenched. The event took place in Philadelphia on February 12, 2018, in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Law School as the Owen J. Roberts Memorial Lecture in Constitutional Law.

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0:33.0	I'm Lana Ulrich, in house,
0:38.0	I'm Lana Ulrich, in-house counsel for the National Constitution Center, and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:47.0	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America, chartered by Congress, to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a
0:55.6	nonpartisan basis.
0:58.1	In this episode, President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen fits down with Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the National
1:05.1	Constitution Center to discuss for 25 years on the Supreme Court including her
1:10.4	favorite dissents, the Me Too Movement and Gender Discrimination Laws,
1:15.2	and the progress made in women's rights.
1:17.9	Let's hear what they had to say. Please everyone be seated.
1:34.0	H.
1:35.0	Just as Ginsburg, it is such an honor and a pleasure to welcome you back to the National Constitution Center.
1:46.6	The last time I saw you was on October 20th when you did me and my wife Lauren, who was here in the front row,
1:53.5	the great honor of marrying us.
1:55.4	So thank you for that wonderful experience.
1:58.2	And since then as President Gutman said you have indeed been a judicial rock star on tour up the entire Acella corridor with standing ovations and thrilled audiences and your travels have taken you to Sundance where you saw a documentary about yourself.
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