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We the People

Conversations with RBG

We the People

National Constitution Center

News, News Commentary, History

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re celebrating the launch of host Jeffrey Rosen’s newest book, Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law—an informal portrait of the justice through an extraordinary series of conversations, starting in the 1990s and continuing to today. Jeff has collected Justice Ginsburg’s wisdom from their many conversations on the future of the Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade, which Supreme Court decisions she would like to see overturned, the #MeToo movement, and how to lead a productive, compassionate life – illuminating the determination, self-mastery, and wit of the “Notorious RBG.” Dahlia Lithwick, veteran Supreme Court reporter and host of the Slate podcast Amicus, moderates. Check out Conversations with RBG on Amazon and listen to the audiobook on Audible. The audiobook also has its very own Alexa skill – Ask RBG. You can ask your Amazon echo things like, “Alexa, ask RBG about the #MeToo movement” and you’ll hear clips from the real-life interviews with Justice Ginsburg featured in the audiobook. This episode is a crossover with our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall – live constitutional conversations held here at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and across America – which is available wherever you get your podcasts.

Transcript

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I'm Jeffrey Rosam, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome

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to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.

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The National Constitution Center is a

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nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and

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understanding of the Constitution among the American people. Last night I was thrilled to launch at the National Constitution Center

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my new book Conversations with RBG,

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg on life, love, liberty, and law.

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And it was such an honor to launch the book

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in conversation with the great Dahlia Lithwick,

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host of the Amicus podcast, Veteran, Supreme Court reporter, an old friend.

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Together Dahlia and I discussed the sources of Justice Ginsburg's greatness.

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Dahlia had an important insight about her shining empathy.

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I offered my own thoughts, and together we discussed a personal and constitutional hero.

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So please enjoy my conversation with Dahlia,

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and please join us back here next week

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for another weekly show of constitutional debate.

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Please join me in welcoming the Great Dahlia Lithwick.

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And with that, I have the pleasure of turning it over to Dahlia.

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All right. Well, thank you all for coming out.

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This is kind of a groupy thing wherein Jeff Rosen and Dahlia Lithwick get to see who's the bigger,

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Groupy, and you get to watch.

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But that's essentially, it's just a pleasure

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