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Tiefenbrun, Susan - Director
CAN WE ALL BE SEATED? WE HAVE AN INTERESTING QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION WITH THREE OF OUR THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS AND...
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| 00:03:52 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
I LEARNED THAT YOUR DEAN WAS THE HONESTY. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY QUOTING A LINE FROM A FAMOUS TRANSLATION OF THE ODYSSEY. THIS IS THE STORY OF A...
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| 00:04:46 |
Lee, Rebecca K - Associate Professor
SPENDING SOME TIME WITH US AND FOR HER WILLINGNESS TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS. JUSTICE GINSBURG, YOU ARE IN YOUR 20TH YEAR ON THE SUPREME COURT. AFTER...
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| 00:05:49 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
JUDGES ARE REACTIVE INSTITUTIONS. WE DO NOT HAVE AN AGENDA. WE DO NOT CREATE THE PROBLEMS THAT COME TO US. THERE WAS A GREAT JUDGE THAT SAID, JUDGES...
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Vandevelde, Kenneth - Professor
YOU FOR YOUR APPEARANCE HERE TODAY. WELCOME BACK TO THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW. IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU. IN KEEPING WITH...
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| 00:08:48 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
SOMEONE WHO THRIVES IN THE STUDY OF THE LAW, SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE TO READ AND INFORM QUICKLY MASS AMOUNTS OF MATERIAL. SOMEONE WHO LIKES THE LIFE OF...
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McCollough, Jennifer - Student
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SOMEDAY WHEN I GROW UP, I WOULD LIKE TO BE LIKE YOU. [LAUGHTER]WHEN YOU ARE A LAW SCHOOL SITTING IN MY SHOES, DID YOU EXPECT...
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| 00:12:27 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
COURT? WOULD YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE ONE OF THEM? >> IN THE ANCIENT DAYS, WOMEN WERE THREE PERCENT OF LAWYERS IN THIS COUNTRY. ON THE BENCH, THEY WERE...
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| 00:15:39 |
Lee, Rebecca K - Associate Professor
CREDIT OF PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. >> SPEAKING OF YOUR FEMALE COLLEAGUES, AFTER JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR RETIRED IN 2006, YOUR THE ONLY THING OF JUSTICE...
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| 00:16:12 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
OF TWO FEMALE JUSTICES AND THAT OF BEING ONE OF THREE FEMALE JUSTICES? >> THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES FORECAST WHAT WOULD COME SO THEY HAVE...
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| 00:18:26 |
Vandevelde, Kenneth - Professor
I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK IN TIME A BIT TO THE 1970'S WHEN THERE WAS A STRONG EFFORT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION WITH THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, AN EFFORT...
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| 00:19:15 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
HAS BEEN MADE TO DATE AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE MAY BE THE PRINCIPAL BARRIERS REMAINING TO PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE? >> THAT'S A MULTI PART QUESTION. [LAUGHTER]...
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| 00:26:09 |
McCollough, Jennifer - Student
I WAS TOLD ONCE I DID NOT BELONG IN NAVY FLIGHT TRAINING BUT I GOT IN THE PROGRAM AND SPENT 10 YEARS ON ACTIVE DUTY AND ASSAULT GREAT STRIDES MADE IN...
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| 00:26:34 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
IS THERE A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE IN LAW? >> I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU A STORY SO YOU WILL KNOW HOW FAR WE HAVE COME. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ALL THE WAY BUT ONE...
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| 00:30:41 |
Lee, Rebecca K - Associate Professor
REGARDING THE COURT'S DELIBERATION PROCESS, AS THE PRESENCE OF THREE WOMEN ON THE SUPREME COURT NOW ALTERED THE TO STAY HER DISCHARGE MONTH BY MONTH....
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| 00:30:55 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
BEFORE THEM AND PERHAPS IN HOW THEY DECIDE THEM? >> I SHOULD START WITH A QUOTE FROM THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, DEAN COYNE. JUSTICE O'CONNOR...
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| 00:33:38 |
Vandevelde, Kenneth - Professor
LAST YEAR, THE NATION WAS RIVETED TO BY THE COURT'S ARGUMENT AND DECISION IN THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS CASE WHICH UP HELD THE INDIVIDUAL...
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| 00:34:10 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
OF THAT CASE? >> I HOPE IT IS A CASE THAT WILL BE TAUGHT IN LAW SCHOOL. I FULLY EXPECT THAT MY DISSENT SAYING THAT THIS LEGISLATION FIT WITHIN THE COMMERCE...
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| 00:36:42 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
YOU HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN YOUR CAREER ON OR OFF THE COURT? >> I WILL DO THIS JOB AS LONG AS I AM ABLE TO DO IT THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE DONE....
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| 00:38:21 |
Lee, Rebecca K - Associate Professor
QUESTION -- [LAUGHTER] >> YOU HAVE HAD AN AMAZING CAREER AND ARE LEAVING YOUR LEGACY IN BELOW. LOOKING BACK IN YOUR LIFE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL MORE...
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| 00:38:42 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
IT'S A QUESTION I DON'T ASK MYSELF. I WILL GIVE YOU TWO PIECES OF ADVICE I WAS GIVEN IN THAT REGARD. WHEN I WAS A BRAND NEW JUDGE ON THE D.C. CIRCUIT,...
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| 00:40:26 |
Vandevelde, Kenneth - Professor
YOU HAVE DISSENTED IN SOME OF THE COURT'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL AND FAR-REACHING DECISIONS OF THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES. I HAVE IN MIND BUSH REVERSES COURSE,...
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| 00:41:09 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DELIBERATIONS AND THE ONE VOTE AWAY FROM A VERY DIFFERENT RESULTS? >> FIRST, LET ME COMMENT ON BUSH V GORE. IT WAS ONE-OF-A-KIND...
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| 00:43:10 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
YOU FEEL THAT THE COURTROOM -- REPUTATION WILL REMAIN INTACT? >> WE ALL CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THE INSTITUTION. WE WANT TO LEAVE IT IN AS GOOD SHAPE AS...
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| 00:46:38 |
Lee, Rebecca K - Associate Professor
SO- >> YOU MENTIONED SOME THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO CHANGE AND IMPROVE IN THE FUTURE LIKE RESURRECTING THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT. THINKING ABOUT...
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| 00:46:56 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
CARRIES OUT ITS WORK IN PARTICULAR, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED DURING YOUR TIME OR BEYOND? >> THERE IS ONE THING THAT I WOULD NIGHT...
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| 00:50:36 |
Vandevelde, Kenneth - Professor
I HAVE REACHED MY LAST QUESTION. YOU WILL NOT BE SURPRISED IT IS A MULTI PART QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] THINKING BACK OR THE LAST TWO DECADES THAT YOU HAVE...
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| 00:51:16 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
CITIZENS UNITED IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THAT THE COURT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP MAKING ELECTIONS TURN ON WHO CAN RAISE THE MOST MONEY. THAT...
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| 00:56:33 |
Tiefenbrun, Susan - Director
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? >> YOU MAY ASK A QUESTION. >> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. [LAUGHTER] THE FIRST IS THIS -- WE HAVE MANY LAW PROFESSORS IN LAW SCHOOLS WHO...
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| 00:57:12 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
ARTICLES. THERE IS THE KIND THAT THEY ARE WRITING FOR THEIR HOME CROWD. THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN IMPOSING THE COURTS. THEY ARE WRITING IN A LANGUAGE...
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| 00:58:53 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
THE MOST IMPORTANT CASES YOU WOULD DISCUSS IN A SHORT PERIOD TIME? WHAT WOULD YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON AS FIVE CASES? >> I HAVE A NUMBER ONE CANDIDATE....
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| 01:06:16 |
McCollough, Jennifer - Student
HE DID JUST THE RIGHT THING IN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD INTERESTED IN THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND WE SHOULD LISTEN...
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Q & A
JENNIFER HAS HAD HER LAST QUESTION AND NOW WE CAN -- [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE THE MICROPHONE? IF EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE JUSTICE...
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| 01:08:41 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
REVITALIZATION IN AN EARLIER FORM. >> THIS HAS THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC. >> DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON FREE...
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| 01:09:39 |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Associate Justice
LOOKING AROUND THE WORLD AT COUNTRIES THAT PUNISH SPEECH THAT IS OUT OF THE ACCORD WITH THE THINKING OF THE POWERS THAT BE, I AM GLAD THAT WE PRIZE SPEECH....
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.