Yeah Justice ginsburg members of our faculty and members of our entering class it's a privilege to welcome you to day ugh few years ago we began inviting giant of the bench bar to offer reflections to the entering class it's been an extraordinary opportunity for our students as they embark on their legal education to listen to and learn from someone who's career has shaped the law and for our students and The first year class by attending georgetown law you've chosen to learn the law in the place where laws are made and this is evident in the speakers who have welcome to our first year students, Justice or to buy your Justice stevens and the light Justice have all spoken to are at early classes and today we're profoundly fortunate to be joined for the third year in a row by the legendary Justice Ruth bader ginsburg, please join me in around So we're deeply grateful to you, Justice, ginsburg and I have to say, I've personally and profoundly grateful to you. Um I'm sometimes asked what my favorite memory of my time at georgetown lawyers and we saw the minute ago for the third time. Its when Justice ginsburg walks in and I look out and I see our first year students with the joy and admiration that is on everybody's face and I have to say this is something I will treasure for the rest of my life so thank you, Justice ginsburg and you know I have Normally, when I welcome someone, I get along introduction. We don't need to have a long introduction Justice, ginsburg um as you progress in your studies at the law Center. You read and discuss were many powerful and brilliant Supreme court decisions as well as her pointed and influential the sense you will also learn and actually most of you already know that she occupies a rare space in legal history, Justice ginsburg has served with Uh the greatest distinction on the United States Supreme court for the past 25 years after 13 years of distinguished service on the federal as a federal judge on the Circuit. But, like Justice, thurgood Marshall, Justice, ginsburg with occupy an important place in legal history. Even if she never been a judge or Justice on the court because of her path, braking transformative work As an advocate for gender equality now as I'm sure, you also now Justice ginsburg is a cultural icon. Um. How many of us can say that they have inspired a- one act opera to movies several coloring coloring books and exercise book which I gave my mother for her birthday their own action figure and the phenomenon The notorious big So, and finally, Justice, ginsburg is a very special member of our law Center community, her late husband marty ginsburg was a beloved tax, professor and scholar. At georgetown law for many years and we have a professor ship named in his honor last year. We inaugurated the annual Ruth bader ginsburg lecture series here at georgetown law which will feature distinguished leaders who, like Justice ginsburg, who have committed their lives to further equality and human rights ugh professors Very hard net and wendy Williams and professor barnett joins us here today are Justice. Ginsburg authorized biographers and the Co authors with Justice of her recent book. My own words as well as members of our faculty, the Justice is a long time supporter of our women's law and public policy fellowship program and we're joined by professor morrison and every year she invites the fellows to the court for teen conversation so I'm deeply grateful to her commitment to our students are alumni in our community to Thank you, Justice, concert so before we begin a couple of announcements, um Justice ginsburg will talk about last term Supreme court cases. Um after her remarks will have time for a few questions because we don't have time for all the questions generated by our very enthusiastic one. L class. We selected several in advance which I'll read when I read your question or call out your name and I ask you, stand so you can be recognized the author of the question and then, after our program, welcome All of you to attend the reception of sport and fitness atrium and of course, and I'm gonna do this myself please take a moment to silence your cellphones You're very good at following directions. Thank you and now members of our 20 eighteen and re class, please join me in welcoming Justice. Ruth bader, ginsburg Eyes should invite the good dean to be my introduce are he does it so well. It doesn't hit I'm going to talk to you about the term the Supreme court term running from October. 20 17 through June. 20 eighteen and I think it's fair to describe last term as momentous are dark. It included more than the usual number of profile disputes and I will describe Some some of them to shortly but first some notable things other than the court's decisions that topping my list just after our closing conference at the end of June and as a surprise to all of us Justice. Kennedy announces his retirement, effective July. 30 first challenging his years on the court of appeals for the ninth Circuit. He had served the federal judiciary for 43 years Eyewitness the pleasure of his gentlemanly company, he's helpful suggestions on circulating opinions. His recommendation of exhibitions to visit with my chamber staff and much more as important terms. We heard from some particularly attentive observers of the courts or argument sessions according to one What watches reckoning, Justice, prayers but the most words nearly 22 percent of all words spoken by justices at oral arguments during the germ just assault on my or came in second at 17 percent and Justice Kennedy, trailed with five percent of the total words, not counting Justice Thomas who ask no question Questions because because he thinks the rest of us ask too many the award for most questions asked setting or argument went to Justice, legal who post an impressive 44 questions and Minnesota voters alliance team and see the case about proper attire in voting venues. 44 questions and counsel have a half hour aside Justice kagan Took top honors for asking the longest questions averaging 93 words per quick. Clary long yes, but her questions are spot on and clear as a Bell. The court released 59 sign decisions inaugural chases last term dividing five to four or five to three in 20 of the 59 nine or 34 percent of post argument opinions. We were gonna miss at least in the bottom line judgement. More often than we shopping disagreed in 20 859 for 39 percent of all post argument. Opinions are sharp disagreement rate. 34 percent was concern Terribly higher than the prior term monthly divided five to four or five to three in only 50 percent. 15 15 percent of all the decisions rendered in addition to the 59 sign decisions in the past term, we issued 12 superior decisions 11 of them rendered without full briefing or argument, just on the basis of the opinions below the petition for review And the brief, in opposition to review add to those numbers one judgement in the water access dispute between wyoming and Montana acacia our original jurisdiction pocket in those cases as article three -inch trucks. We serve as court of first and last resort. So total decisions rented during the term added up to 72 on the low side compared to prior Turning to the cases generating large public interest, masterpiece catch up against Colorado civil rights Commission writes hi the case involved a Baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a same sex couple because same sex marriage offended offended the baker's sincerely held religious believe to Baker had been sanction By colorado's civil rights Commission, for violating the state's atty discrimination law which prohibits business enterprises from refusing to serve customers on the basis of a numeral characteristics, including sexual orientation, the Colorado Supreme court upheld the civil rights commission's decision. But the us Supreme court reverse rolling for the Baker The majority held that the Commission had violated the baker's right to freely exercise his religion by exiting hostility to his religious beliefs and by treating his case differently from the case of three bakers who refused requests to make cakes condemning same sex marriage. concerning Just release the majority emphasize the two of the five civil rights Commission members and made comments suggesting that the baker's religious faith was not legitimate reason to refuse to serve a gay couple. As to the bakers who refused to make cakes demeaning same sex couples. The Commission found no violation of colorado's and the discrimination and that behavior in a descent join by Justice sotomayor it challenge the majority This equation of the two service refusals. It compared masterpiece cake shop would sell wedding cakes to heterosexual couples, but not the same sex departments. It was a selective refusal to deal the other baker's would refuse to make for any customer certain product case demeaning same sex marriage is added. There only two The many decision makers in the case made comments that might be interpreted as expressing hostility to religion, to commissioners, but the case after the Commission went through two levels of court review and no one charge that the Colorado courts, harbin any religious based bias at one noteworthy case from the second Circuit x caped. Our judgement United States against Microsoft. It concern Law enforces demand that the us based email service provider disclose the content of emails, start abroad in dublin, Ireland, the question presented was the law enforces demand and an authorized extra territorial extension of the stored communications act. Bless than a month after argument enough time for a swift opinion. writer To have completed the draft on her work table Congress resolve the case for us. It mended the store communications act to clarify that. Yes law enforcement offices, ordinarily may require companies like Microsoft to disclose emails store the burn, but accessible in the United States by pushing a button or two, both Microsoft and the government supported the amendment with no live dispute remaining between the parties. We just missed the case and spook Another closely watched case for a good news for risk takers and less welcome news for the Las Vegas sports books in murphy the air originally, christie the the court considers the constitutionality of the professional and amateur sports protection act which I will refer to as pass per in 19 92 statue that prohibited States from authorizing or licensing sports cam skin Things or if they did authorize them the Royal, Caribbean the federal law prohibits them from the operating, such schemes, New Jersey play that pass pass for violated and determined during principle, which you would love heard about in constitutional law. Um that and become an during argument did not persuade the end Bank third Circuit But the Supreme court prove more receptive to the state's argument. New Jersey, 17 to two the victory likely would have been home had the court found that pass was offending provisions on States rising or licensing sports gambling could be separated from the act returning the provision actually operating such films that Challenge provision should have survived in Ireland in a dissenting opinion. The court held that had Congress know that it could not read States from authorizing on licensing sports. Can be skins at the Congress. Would have preferred notes tattooed all to wanna simply ban operating sports gambling being my view to address would have preferred to salvage rather than wreck the statue of The federal ban operating sports family schemes should have been preserve but for anywhere in planning to make a trip to New Jersey Justice so, tomorrow is money is the angus to win the pennant the case coming to us from the second Circuit jasmine airbag presented the question with the elegant art statue from its suit against the foreign corporate defendant the alien tort statute The key is is 17 eighty nine statute statute passed by the very first Congress. It all the rises foreign citizens to sue in us courts for towards committed in violation of the law of Nations which that was the term used in those days law of Nations for what we today call international law the petition is what foreign nationals who bought Planes against our Bank contending that the Bank knowingly financed terrorist organizations plant, the petition is sort damages for injuries caused by those organizations. Attacks in Israel. Our Bangkok hear that it was not a proper defendant with many friends of court filing outside our Bank, urged that the alien tort statute applies only to natural persons, not Corporations our Bank and mood under federal rules of civil procedure, 12, which some of you know about the move for judgement on the pleadings the granting the motion. The district court agreed that corporations are not available to suit under the alien tort statute and the second Circuit panel of firm it's Supreme court also Is that the million towards statute covers only individuals, not foreign corporations and therefore affirm the second circuits judgement Justice so, tomorrow, the Center join by Justice just is katie and me and all of you know, line should have been drawn between natural and artificial persons And recent years the court has confronted the number of questions concerning the impact of technology term, just ended was no exception. I already mention the Microsoft case concerning government access to emails store aboard. Another case, flooring consider it will interest was carpenter against the United States at issue was whether the government acquisition of a person's cellphone location information from the service provider qualifies as a full Amendment search and if so, whether the government must obtain a warrant to access such information. The government argued that the cellphone user voluntarily shares her whereabouts with her carrier. Some no word is needed to gain the information in a five to four opinion written by the chief Justice the court rejected that argument. It rule that Law enforces ordinarily must get a warrant to obtain cellphone location information. The case generated five a pinion spanning 115 pages, so it has given fourth amendment scars much to ponder in month, even years ahead. Also involving the impact of modern means of communication. South dakota the way fair South dakota, like many Needs taxes, retail sales have goods or services in the state South. Dakota also requires our state retailers, making in state sales to collect tax at the time of purchase and we made the proceeds to the state's revenue office. But under the Supreme court's 19 67 decision in a case called National Has reaffirmed in in 19 92 decision quill Corp against North dakota States, were not per million to impose step sales tax collection obligations on out of state retailers. That lacked the physical presence in the state efforts example of business office or warehouse has result States like South dakota lost considerable revenue from the operation of Internet sales made by Alabama state Vendors emphasizing changes in the National economy since the Supreme court last consider the issue South dakota, ask the court to overrule bella says and quit South dakota's principal point was to require a physical presence in the state. May no sense at a time when the seller could Introduce her where's in everyone's kitchen or living Invite five to four decision written by Justice, Kennedy the court held that the constitution does not provide state from imposing sales tax collection obligation on the seller really because this our lacks any physical presence in the state, its chief Justice, John by joining my Justice prior so to my are Ann killian descended They agreed that bella says and quill were outdated and would not be decided. The way they were. They come up today, but the emphasize the importance of started this isis of it hearing your President, the federal arbitration act no stranger to the recently this was before us again in three dollar solid dated cases. I will refer to them as separate systems, then The operative facts in each case where essentially the same group of employees joined in the lawsuit against their employer for alleged violations of federal and state laws requiring extra compensation for hours worked over time. The employer moved to dismiss the suit, invoke clause in the employment contract that denied the right to sue in court and required one one on one arbitration of grievances disallowing proceedings in which several employees joined together resisting dismissal. The employees argued that the arbitration flaws disallowing any kind of joint action collided with the National labor relations act. len Legislation that safeguards to employees the right to act in concert to improve working conditions and, if I have to, for opinion authored by Justice, corsage the court sided with the employers holding that the federal arbitration act requires courts to enforce the one on one. Competition closes. That are every worker sign in percent is explain why the court's decision would lead to start living Under in foresman of statutes like the fair labor standards act, legislation designed to advance the well-being of vulnerable workers. My point was that if the workout were limited to one on one arbitration, it probably wouldn't be worth the effort. First, it would be expensive, a lawyer and expensive the arbitration and that might Exceed any individual workers claiming for overtime pay another closely watched case. Janice against American federation of state County and municipal employees boss carrie important implications for nationwide labor relations. The petition to ask the court to over war in 19 77 decision about food against state board of it Education, Detroit board of education and hold that requiring public sector employees to pay anything to a Union violates first amendment's free speech guarantee the court's decision in the booth had required all workers, including those who did not join the Union. The Union that serve as exclusive collective bargaining agent contribute to the costs of collective bargaining and Union operated grievance procedures abut would be relieve any obligation to Support the unions political activities, the board decision survivor's similar challenge two terms ago and the case called fredrick's against California teachers Association in that case, there was an eight member court. We divided four to four which means an automatic of performance of the decision on review With the court back to full strength last term who once again, was up for reconsideration and in a five to four decision written by Justice. Alito announced on the very last day of the term the court did over room boot requiring public sector employees to pay anything at all to a Union and majority held the violates the first amendment by compelling employees to subsidize private speech that is the Union speech on matters of substantial public concern In a forceful descent join by Justice prior to so to my horror and me Justice and explain that the booty had struck a stable balance between public employees first, amendment rights and government entities interest in running their work forces as they thought best the court's decision, Justice will have large scale consequences affecting thousands of contracts involving millions of public service Your employees, another case in which the challenges and vote the first amendment in National Institute of family and life advocates against the Sarah in that case, a group of crisis pregnancy centers challenge of California required requiring the center's that had a medical license to display and notice, informing patients that the state provides financial assistance for reproductive and maternal health, including contraceptive and Abortion services the law also required an unlicensed pregnancy crisis Center to notify patients that they are unlicensed. The district court and nine Circuit rejected the center's first amendment challenge Justice Thomas writing, for of five Justice majority held. Otherwise in the majority of view, the required disclosures in for miserably compelled the pregnancy crisis Center speech so that's Uh use of the first amendment seen first in the overruling of of food and then in the pregnancy crisis Center case in percent Justice prior appointed to of prior case of holy law that require doctors who perform abortions to tell their patients about adoption options sauce for the goose To serve the gander as well, Justice prior maintain several cases in this term concerned election law's. Perhaps topping the large interest list was guilt against Richard apartments and gerrymandering challenge to wisconsin's state Assembly map. The three judge federal district court at 10 join the plan, including that its stress Justice and very deliberately, designed it To favor Republican candidates in violation of the first and fourteenth amendments, the first and fourteenth amendments, equal protection clause Union opinion by the chief Justice, the court unanimously concluded that the plaintiff's claim failed at the threshold because they had not shown standing to sue within the compass of article three to qualify as planters the court him the Must show that they in fact presided in the gerrymandered districts seven test this is voted to vacate the decision below and return the case for the plank is to try again, as no doubt they will by naming as planters people who actually reside in the allegedly gerrymandered districts just as Thomas joined by Justice corsage agreed that the plaintiffs, like standing, but they would have remanded the case with instructions To dismiss but complain Justice, road very interesting concurring opinion and you'll be wait for it is a blueprint for a complaint that could be successful so some have said on political gerrymandering. The court kicked the can down the road. One more case of you National and international interest address challenge to the president's policy, restricting the entry into the United States of people from certain countries known globally as the travel man. The subject of procedural twists and turns during the germ the court was set to hear argument on the second inauguration of the travel band in October 20 17 but that version of the band expired two weeks before argument, so the case was removed from the court calendar. The second generation of the band was replaced by a third, more permanent version of a presidential proclamation and I've Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction barring the enforcement of the profit proclamations entry restrictions on statutory grounds The government's or review which we granted on the very last argument day of the term the case was finally heard in trump d-hawaii the court reverse the preliminary injunction writing for the majority. That you've Justice hell that on its face the band did not exceed the scope of the executives. Sorry under the immigration and nationality and The court's opinion also rejected the planters establishment clause challenge But one point 11 point we all agree. The court took the opportunity to make an important decoration. It repeated come out to against the United States. The 19 44 decision that upheld the interment of people of Japanese ancestry during world war. Two come out to the court wrote was gravely wrong today. It was decided Justice fire, adjoined by Justice, eagan is scented in the travel ban case. They thought that the law office of the band was found up with how the government was applying property proclamations, elaborate system of exemptions and waivers. It Justice prize view, more information was needed on that front worthy is An exemptions allowing people who were no threat to National security to enter for were they simply paper provisions launching inoperative in the absence of information about how the exemptions in waivers were in fact working Justice, burn Justice, cajun found the evidence of the Muslim bias efficient basis to or from the injunction. This is so to my own When my join rhoda less tempered to sent, we would have held at the proper proclamation violated the establishment clause, because the reasonable observer would surely understand that the proclamation give given its genesis was prompted by Eddie Muslim animus. The waiting The 20 17 term had some lighter moments during argument in district of Columbia, against West be the case about whether police officers had probable cause to arrest some particularly enthusiastic party gore's Justice became nostalgic in the course of discussing the perspective of the reasonable party Gore Justice kagan noted that once Long ago she used to be invited to parties with how she did not personally know and that long, long ago marijuana was maybe present at those another. Lighthearted moment of argument in the airing of the Microsoft case and then I mentioned earlier, Justice, Kennedy asked If a person in uh garland is involve in the retrieval of emails store, there, no counsel responded arose. Robert Robert performs all the tasks just so to my or commenting that her imagination was running wild wanted more information who tells the real but what to do and what exactly does the robot to The listening could be forgiven wondering if she was observing the Supreme court argument. All the latest episode of the television show West world and noteworthy appearance reviving adjusts Department tradition, deputy attorney general rod, rosas and stein Don of all morning code and argued for the government and charities. Mesa the United States address case about district court judges obligation to explain certain re sentencing decisions with Justice The accused the courtroom five to three in favor of the government's position, so deputy attorney general wrote roses done, can claim a perfect one. Zipped winning Street in cases argued before the court when he was a young attorney chief Justice, roberts. Once quipped. That only Supreme court Justice is and school children take the summer off But after a term of challenging cases and issues and an unusually high number of five to four decisions, as I see it, we needed our summer break. But we are now back at work. We have our opening conference two days ago on September 24 and October, one the first Monday in October the 20 eighteen term will be officially law And thank you for being such a patient audience Thank you What's going on I'm gonna think privilege of having a master class on last year's free and probably for all of us, companies so thank you very much again for that wonderful and fabulous Beach. then So we we asked our first your class if they had some questions for the Justice and we received many many questions up. I'm not able to uh ask all of them, but the Justice is very kindly agreed to answer some of the questions. So uh when I call your name. Please stand up and actually we have an overflow room so, possibly some of the people will be in the overflow room um test kilby Myers Test is upstairs in the balcony uh, a test asks someone who, like you deeply, admires miss polly murray could you please share your own personal experience with an appreciation for the black feminist spiritually invigorated civil rights advocate jealous legal parody champion an American warrior and how can we best carry Figurative torch passed on to our generation so thank you for a great question. The firebrand polly murray that is the title of a book. The firebrand and the first lady the fire and is pauly the first. Lady is eleanor roosevelt and they had very long term relationship polly murray was appear person Way ahead of the time and what she can see she attended Howard law school in the early forties at a time when none of the lunch places in the neighborhood, uh would serve African Americans so any early 40. He organized the citizen leading, hear about sitting still the 60 s Um and it was the successful effort At one point in her career employee decided she would try uh commercial practice and she became an associate at the firm of Paul wise lifting. Martin harrison. It happened the laughter Paul first year there. I was engaged as a summer associate. They took me to meet polish They gave me the copy of her book proud shoes it's about our North Carolina family At that time she impressed me as being typical hard working law firm corporate attorney idea. Didn't get it offer from always, although I thought I did around the good job is its summer, associate and I suspected at the firm in 19 59 didn't need me to show how far guard they were. They had pulley and she was what was called the two for Um probably Bay before she went to Howard law school and went to Hunter College in New York and she took her friend on the bus ride to North Carolina to be part of this family When the bus across the basin, this, in line for he was told to go to the back of the bus, she refused to do so. She was arrested and again this was early forties long before we heard about rosa parks, plea um spot, but I spent any Days of my life doing by writing, an article called Jane crow and the law. Jane crow throat about all the barriers in the law. The explosive barriers that kept women that close doors to women in so many and occupations, Paul He was a member of the American civil liberties Union and she was on the board as I was so we overlapped and that service and she was a member of what was called the equality. She was instrumental in persuading the to start its women's rights project by that time uh probably had switched our new patients She was always deeply religious and she went to divinity school d-ill and became one of the first woman to building an episcopal Minister and she is finally getting the attention that she deserves. She was remarkable woman in another respect appoint Thought that she had been this type of birth that she really was a boy and so she gave herself the name holy her name is lynne, but polly work because it could be a woman or it could be the man Welcome to that answer your question about probably three that was a wonderful question of the wonderful answer in a very inspiring leader, um. Our next question is from young. Benny wrong and Sarah shaw needy And they ask Justice ginsburg who had a very close friendship with Justice, school year, though you constantly disagreed with each other when you wrote the forward for his book. You said and I quote, if our friendship encourages others to appreciate that some very good people have ideas with which we disagree and that despite differences, people of goodwill can pull together for the well being of the institution. We serve and our country. I will be overjoyed And if your quote and they ask we're here in law, school, a place where great but diverse minds meet, do you think those kind of friendships are possible in today's political landscape. If so, what advice do you have for us his first years and it was there an episode from your friendship with just a school year that you think is worth sharing with us. First year law. Students trivia question do I think it's possible for people who hold different political These two genuinely not simply respect but have affection for one another. Yes, I believe it's possible one thing that was very important to me was to understand what Justice his position was where he's gonna be on the other side, you should be well informed of what the opposite view is and Uh basically was elephant in explaining his tech space interpretation of statutes and including the constitution What was great about our friendship is address to school year. It was a very funny man when we were buddies on the Circuit and he sat next to me. He was sometimes passing whisper something that was so funny. I had all I could do it and avoid bursting out in hysterical laughter in um something else that we share people can share with all their um. They have Different political views is love of music and particularly opera and I think both of us one of the high points of my life was being a Super and extra and the Washington. National opera And we also care very much about family because Justice scalia was way ahead of me with nine children. I have only two and at last count 36 grandchildren. We travel together and I'm very times and one time in particular, we were in India. We wouldn't address and we would do the next day in Cal cutter, but to play Wasn't flying and the only plane as I took off that day was going to Delhi calcutta so we and we would, we were supposed to return home the day after and adjust the school. He said the people and count calcutta are waiting for us um. We should try to get there and globally arrangements with a private plane to take your cisco Ea and I said you are not going alone. The people who have in calcutta have to be presented with our different views, which I will explain in the comic opera which, by the way, the delaware opera will put on the spring and put on scalia ginsburg so he starts with a rage area. Its very hand deleon for those No music and it goes like this. That Justice is um blind. How can they possibly spell surface the constitution says absolutely nothing about this and I am so the real life in monotone in the opera island lyrics of product. I explain to deer Justice clear you're searching for bright line solutions to problems. it Don't have easy answers, but the great thing about our constitution is that, like our society, it can evolve the last set of the difference between the two of us I'm miss him very much our conferences are pale or without Justice. clear And I was pleased that his sons asked me to write the introduction to space one -time school he was When Clinton was making his first nomination to the court address to school year who would you rather have as your cali mario coma or Larry tribe and it's clear answer bruce begins bert. No, even when we seen most at most combative, it the case Me and my case, um it's clear was alone in the Center ice regulated. My majority opinion in April and we were getting on to the end of the term. He came to my chambers and featured on chief of paper and said the Ruth. This is the pen ultimate graph of my decision in the case I'm not yet ready to circulate to the court, but I wanted to Give you as much time as I can to answer it so I was about to go off to the second Circuit judicial conference. I am at Justice for the second Circuit. Iran, the plane to albany and start reading this to said and absolutely ruing my weekend What I was glad to have the extra time to to respond if I could pick any the Center from my opinion for the court, it will always be school leader because he was so smart. He could peace out all the soft spots in the opinion and when he did that Thank you me. An opportunity to improve the court's opinion Occasionally, like commented on it, one of his drives it was so stride and it would be more effective if you don't do it down that was advice. Never too, but that's really its a wonderful answer. Its really its a model of the friendship that transcends political and Division and also learning from each other, so that's really that's such a wonderful example for all of us. You know, I used to be that way in our Senate. It is no longer and we said it was certainly true in 19 93 when I was nominated in 19 94 or just spray. It was and it was a true bipartisan spirit in our Congress and my White House We're very concerned about my new connection, yeah I've been on the board. I was one of four general Council. I've Co founder of the women's rights project and they had a set of questions and went like this. It usually were on the board and such a hear in that year. They pass so and so resolution how did you vote and do you still here to that position. I said forget it just forget it because there's nothing that you can do that will leave me too bad The value of that hearings in 19 93 there was not a single question from any senator about my new affiliation seven hardest job I had during the hearing was to avoid falling asleep and it was sitting with him that the next year one with Justice prior, was nominated Mean and years before that in the late 70 s this is bri was counsel to the Senate judiciary Committee and had uh at ted Kennedy and strom thurman had a very good working relationship And my hope is it will live to see that spirit of individuality restored in our Legislature, its a powerful um, our next question from jeremy penn Okay jeremy is in the balcony. This is quite a question. I'm reading but my grandmother marlene sizing, was in primary school with Justice. Ginsburg and live long enough to see your appointed to the Supreme court in 19 93 and I just want to convey to just asking how much it meant to my grandmother and how much it still means to our family to see around the court You know it was two 38 or James Madison high school yeah Both schools are proud of you, um our next question cleared and bert ugh claire asks. Do you have any advice for women on how to balance strong career ambitions with family life Family life and the biggest um Al had but all my professional life with my husband, um I've said many times that if every child could grow up with two parents, both having When jobs, both taking responsibility for raising their children, we would have a better a better society so the first thing is, if you, if you choose a life partner, choose someone who respects you and thinks you work is as important as his for the rest It thought having a child going to law school was going to be difficult, as it turned out. I attribute my success in law. School to Jane because my day had two parts. So I left the House at eight came back at four when I left and that was jane's time that was so we went to The Park when it was a nice day, we went books play game is so that was those hours with children's hours. They have to three hours of a child cared time. I was ready to go back to the books so each part of my life was arrested from from the other And I think the day when women are in almost every place in numbers it's easier don't try to do things as a loner do them together with like-minded people and I can remember the first incident long ago when my husband was working for alot law firm and they were having a holiday party and public doesn't make women so that we've been associates The first years and we think you made the wrong choice will go this year. Don't do it again. They did it again. Another woman associates attended until the third year. They held the holiday party in the club that didn't have any respect them. Membership rules, but I think it would have been just one woman people that we actually might be she's a complete. What all of them joined together. There is strength in numbers That's wonderful advice and I think we have, we have time for one more question. This is from jenny waxman And jenny waxman asks is there anything Justice. Ginsburg is excited and are disappointed about regarding the current women's movement in light of the legal groundwork she laid additionally, if she was a woman of our generation is there anything she would have done differently. The job in which I took part was easy in this is Kids Our goal was to read the statute books state and federal of explicit gender base differentials and in the course of 10 years it was a combination of legislator change and court decisions almost all of the overt classifications were gone so that fight was one. What remains is harder and that is unconscious bias My illustration is the symphony orchestra, just attended the opening of the nfl and I was thinking back to the days when I was attending young people's concert and I never saw a woman in an orchestra because people so is that um live with all these goodies men respected music critics Set until the New York times called it Howard calvin said blindfold me how to tell you about a woman playing the piano or man and they voted him and he was all mixed up so that led to the drop curtain. The people who are auditioning behind the curtain the judges don't see them And that's simple device, let you and overnight almost overnight change, so than and so now I realize, I think most woman strings and men. There are women in the winds and the prices they are all over the August. I wish we could duplicate the drop curtain in every profession, an occupation, but getting through the anti spices, is the problem and the question the fire questions about the worth And Balance those are but I am really turned on by this me too, because this me too complaints every woman of my vintage has not just one story but many stories, but we thought it was nothing you could do about it. Boys will be boys so just find a way To get out of it that me to was also an example of women coming together in numbers so it was one of them playing and then some one after another. The complaints mounted so win nowadays are not silent about bad behavior But Justice o'connor said she said women have to get out there and do things that make an impressive show. The more women that are out there doing things the more women or will be encouraged to do things and we will all be better off for it. Men, women and children That's a wonderful note to n done so and I do wanna say 59 percent of the battery classes women so So actually, I wanted we have a small gift. Um and I just wanna thank what an extraordinary speech about the current term and this is just the most remarkable inspiring brilliant answers and I think we all learned a tremendous amount and we have a small gesture of thanks um so, last spring we had the inaugural Justice ginsburg lecture which Justice ginsburg delivered um and so every year from now on we'll have an inaugural lecture or lecture ugh honoring Justice Albert and we had a great cake at the end of the event, um which had the georgetown law case book. Um Justice ginsburg, with the iconic, um lace and crown other than notorious image and of course, a gamble with the hand holding it. So that was the cake which we then delivered to your chambers afterwards and we have now um made a model of the cake uh and And every year, when the person delivers the Justice, ginsburg lecture we're going to give them a model of the cake, but the very first model is this model that I have in my hands and it says inaugural Ruth bader ginsburg annual lecture series April six 20 eighteen georgetown University law Center so it's my privilege to present this to you as a gesture of our thanks for this. We will never forget today so thank you so much Justice. Thank you So we'll now um go to the fourth sport and fitness. Let me ask you stay in your chairs until the Justice uh leaves the auditorium professor barnett will be autograph copies of in my own words Justice. Ginsburg book of speeches and talks so once again around of applause for Justice ginsburg