RBG on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law

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🗓️ 19 December 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to discuss his new book, Conversations with RBG: Justice 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. They expand upon several of the conversations featured in the book, such as Justice Ginsburg’s favorite dissents, key gender cases she worked on throughout her career, and how to lead a productive, compassionate life of service. They also reflect on the performance that preceded the discussion. The discussion was preceded by a special performance of “The Long View: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs” by Patrice Michaels, composer/soprano/creator and daughter-in law of Justice Ginsburg. The National Constitution Center gratefully acknowledges the Bernstein Family Foundation for its generous support of our education programs in Washington D.C. This program is made possible in part through support from the John Templeton Foundation. Questions or comments about the podcast? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:07.6	to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:11.2	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress
0:16.2	to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:20.8	On December 17th, I had the honor of sitting down with
0:24.4	Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as part of the launch of my new book
0:28.0	Conversations with R. B. G. Ruth Bader Ginsburg on life, Love, Liberty, and Law.
0:33.8	We listened to a beautiful performance of the Longview, a song cycle about Justice Ginsburg's
0:39.2	life composed and performed by her daughter-in-law Patrice Michaels.
0:44.0	And then Justice Ginsburg offered her reflections about the piece and also her advice
0:51.1	about how to achieve self-mastery, how to overcome unproductive emotions like anger and
0:57.6	jealousy so that you can focus your energies on productive work.
1:02.2	She also reflected on the sources in her own life of
1:07.0	her remarkable capacity for empathy and ability to focus on the concerns of others.
1:14.3	It was an unforgettable conversation for all of us who were lucky enough to experience it,
1:20.3	and I hope you find it as meaningful as I did.
1:24.0	We'll be back next week for another weekly show of constitutional debate.
1:29.0	For now, please enjoy my conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It was so inspiring to hear Patrice's spectacular songs.
1:53.6	And I'm so excited just to go through them with you
1:57.0	because she's set to music such significant words
1:59.8	from your life.
2:01.6	And I want to hear more of your reflections about them. So I'm going to get the
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