The Supreme Court vigil to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg is about to begin. You can watch here: pscp.tv/w/1yNxaBvVPZDKj (via @WeDemandJustice )
.@Leahgreenb: "We are here today on the steps of the Court to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And for many women, we are quite literally where we are today in our careers, where we are in our lives, because of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and what she made possible."
.@Leahgreenb: "Her brilliant leadership in the battles for women's rights shaped the country that we grew up in. Her commitment as a Supreme Court Justice to gender & racial equity, to a just democracy, have been guiding lights for a movement of women in a dark & terrible time."
.@Leahgreenb: "She was a trailblazer and she opened the doors for the generations to follow and to be inspired by her. When an icon passes, we mourn for her and those who loved her, and we honor her life. But we also recognize that her legacy is only beginning."
.@Leahgreenb: "It is going to echo for generations to come. Because we are going to carry it forward. We know what’s at stake. Justice Ginsburg’s dying wish was that her seat not be filled until after the next president takes office."
.@Leahgreenb: "She understood what we see tonight: the rights, the safety, the health and well-being of our families and our neighbors are at stake. The future of our democracy is at stake. From the Affordable Care Act to voting rights to reproductive rights to..."
.@Leahgreenb: "...the basic tenets of our democracy, so much is under threat. Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought all her life for the fundamental values that we all hold dear - justice, equality, democracy."
.@Leahgreenb: "Now we fight for her, to ensure that the values she fought for are carried on in the next Justice to hold her seat. May her memory be a blessing. May her legacy be a just democracy for all of us."
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