Part 2: The Battle Over Her Seat

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In the second episode of a two-part special, we consider the ramifications of Justice Ginsburg’s death and the struggle over how, and when, to replace her on the bench. The stakes are high: If President Trump is able to name another member of the Supreme Court, he would be the first president since Ronald Reagan to appoint three justices, tipping the institution in a much more conservative direction. Guest: Julie Hirschfeld Davis, a congressional editor for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: President Trump’s determination to confirm a replacement before the election set lawmakers in Congress on a collision course.

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0:30.2	Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away and tell me what you know we literally are just
0:35.3	getting this right now Supreme Court justice.
0:38.4	That's tough to absorb obviously I'm just hearing it right with you.
0:44.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Habaro.
0:46.8	Now a time for mourning for a remarkable career and life well-lived but also a loss rocking
0:53.0	the political universe tonight.
0:56.4	In part two of our episode on the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
1:01.3	We are 45 days from a historic presidential election.
1:04.8	We move forward to what happens next.
1:08.0	My colleague, Julie Davis, on the fight to fill her seat.
1:13.0	The battle lines over the court's future already being drawn.
1:20.1	This Monday, September 21st.
1:24.1	Julie, we just spoke to our former colleague, Linda Greenhouse, about the legacy of Ruth
1:46.5	Bader Ginsburg and we want to turn to you as someone who has covered both the White House
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