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CULTURAL ICON - The Notorious RBG

 "How Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the ‘Notorious RBG’" PBS NewsHour 09/23/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Ruth Bader Ginsburg made legal history in academia beginning in her 20s, working her way through the legal ranks to become a Supreme Court justice at age 60.  But when she was in her 80s, something surprising happened: she became a pop culture icon.  Jeffrey Brown reports as part of our ongoing arts and culture series, Canvas.

 

 

U.S. SENATE - Push to Confirm Trump's SCOTUS Nominee

aka "Saving Trump's Presidency"

 

"Sen. Hassan: GOP ‘changed the rules’ about SCOTUS hearings in 2016" "The Senate’s tight timeline to confirm Trump’s SCOTUS nominee" PBS NewsHour 09/21/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leaving an opening on the U.S. Supreme Court mere weeks from the presidential election, a political battle is escalating over whether President Trump and Senate Republicans should push through a nominee before the country votes.  Can Democrats stop them?  New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan joins Judy Woodruff to discuss Ginsburg's legacy and what comes next..

 

 

 

 

"The Senate’s tight timeline to confirm Trump’s SCOTUS nominee" PBS NewsHour 09/22/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  President Trump has said he will announce his choice to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court this Saturday.  And although it appears the Republican-led Senate will have enough votes to move forward with confirmation hearings for the nominee, the timeline for them to approve the appointee before Election Day is tight.  Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

 

 

 

 

"Barrasso: Why this Supreme Court battle is different from that of 2016" PBS NewsHour 09/22/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death has left an opening on the Supreme Court only weeks before Election Day.  President Trump and the Senate GOP say they plan to fill the vacancy before the country votes.  Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the Senate’s third-highest ranking Republican, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss why he supports moving forward with confirmation hearings for Trump’s choice of successor.

 

 

AMERICAN POLITICS - The Ginsburg Battle

 

"Supreme Court vacancy sparks political battle just weeks before election" PBS NewsHour 09/21/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death has created an opening on the U.S. Supreme Court -- mere weeks before a presidential election.  Now a major political battle is brewing over whether that spot should be filled by President Trump now or by the candidate who is elected in November and inaugurated in January.  The result could determine the Court’s trajectory for decades to come.  John Yang reports.

 

 

 

 

"What’s next in the fight over Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat?" PBS NewsHour 09/21/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has already launched a high-stakes political battle over whether President Trump and Senate Republicans can push through a nomination and fill her seat before the November election.  Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa Desjardins join Judy Woodruff to discuss names being considered to replace Ginsburg and the logistics involved in nominating and confirming a justice.

 

 

JUSTICE GINSBURG - Her Legacy

"Justice Ginsburg leaves a legacy of fighting for equal rights" PBS NewsHour 09/19/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, a position she held for 27 years.  Marcia Coyle, Chief Washington Correspondent for The National Law Journal and Amy Howe, Co-Founder of SCOTUSblog joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss Justice Ginsburg’s long storied career and her fight for equal rights.

 

 

 

"‘She really didn’t give up’: Remembering the life and career of RBG" PBS NewsHour 09/19/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Nina Totenberg, NPR’s correspondent for legal affairs, first met Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg over the phone nearly 50 years ago, beginning a professional relationship, which eventually morphed into a close friendship.  In a conversation with Hari Sreenivasan, Totenberg shares anecdotes about their bond and what she learned about life, law and even death from Justice Ginsburg.

 

 

 

"Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be immortalized with statue in Brooklyn, NYC" PBS NewsHour 09/19/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy began in Flatbush, Brooklyn in New York where she was born and raised.  On Saturday, New York Gov. Cuomo announced that a statue honoring her contribution will be built in the NYC borough.  NewsHour Weekend Correspondent Ivette Feliciano joins Hari Sreenivasan from outside Ginsburg’s childhood home.

THE NOTORIOUS RBG - The Memoriam, the Legacy

""Remembering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, dead at 87"  PBS NewsHour 09/18/2020 Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who long stood for women’s rights issues and became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington.  She died at the age of 87 of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer.

SUPREME COURT - On Civil Forfeitures

"Unanimous Supreme Court decision limits states’ ability to seize personal property" PBS NewsHour 2/20/2019

This is a BIG one.

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to limit civil forfeiture laws allowing law enforcement to seize property from those suspected of committing a crime.  In the unanimous decision, the high court sided with a low-level drug offender who argued that the seizure of his $42,000 Land Rover by law enforcement was an excessive fine.  Amna Nawaz talks to the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle for more.