What The SCOTUS Vacancy Means for Abortion — And The 2020 Election
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🗓️ 23 September 2020
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Ginsburg's death sparked record political donations from Democrats, explains Jessica Taylor of Cook Political Report. Those donations may help Democrats in an uphill battle to retake the Senate.
Meanwhile, Senate Republicans appear to have the numbers to fill Ginsburg's seat with a conservative nominee, which would shift the balance of power on the court. Professor Mary Ziegler of Florida State University explains why that could change the outcome of several cases concerning abortion restrictions that could land before the Supreme Court.
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| 0:00.0 | To lie in state after a lifetime of serving your country is a great honor. |
| 0:05.3 | And this week Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first woman to receive that honor. |
| 0:09.5 | She was the second female justice ever to serve on the Supreme Court. |
| 0:13.1 | And for years she served alongside the first Sandra Day O'Connor. |
| 0:17.3 | During the years that Sandra and I served together, invariably one or another would respond to my question. |
| 0:25.5 | Justice O'Connor. |
| 0:29.3 | And occasionally Sandra would say, I'm Justice O'Connor. |
| 0:34.3 | She's Justice Ginsburg. |
| 0:37.2 | Doesn't happen now with the three of us. |
| 0:41.2 | By 2015, when she gave this talk at Georgetown Law, Ginsburg had two new female colleagues. |
| 0:47.6 | The court's third and fourth ever female justices, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. |
| 0:53.3 | People ask me sometimes, when do you think it will be enough? |
| 0:58.3 | When will it be enough women on the court? |
| 1:03.9 | And my answer is, when you're a nine. |
| 1:16.1 | And some people are taken aback until they remember that from most of our country's history. |
| 1:22.9 | You're what only men. |
| 1:26.7 | Consider this. |
| 1:28.3 | Ginsburg's death could lead to massive shifts for the country when it comes to access to abortion and the 2020 election. |
| 1:36.5 | From NPR, I'm Adi Cornish. |
| 1:38.8 | It's Wednesday, September 23rd. |
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