https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/savannah-guthrie-comforts-pete-williams-173445801.html
What the little Vietnamese girl has in common with the towering Justice Ginsburg:
1) The Justice was five feet one: my height. I am actually a little...taller than she. However, by the time I reach her age, I probably would have dwindled down to...five feet or four-nine (my mother's height before death).
2) The Justice loves three things in her life: her family, the law, and the opera. ME, TOO!
--I love my family (but I'm not sure that every member of my family, immediate or extendeed, ....will love me back, so I resort to loving my parents: Living or deceased, they are always my family here and now with me!).
--I love the law, although this love came kind of...late, only after I arrived at second-tiered legal academia and knew that people made the law...bad, so I've got to love the law to make it what it is in my mind -- a lofty beauty despite what people have done to...it!!!).
-- Last but not least, both the Justice and I love the opera. The Justice had a national soprano singing for her at her funeral. When it's my turn to go, I may have to...sing for myself, good or bad, possible or impossible!
3) The Justice was the first of her culture to arrive at the highest bench. ME, TOO, except that I arrived at the...lowest bench! However, both benches were appointed, such that we didn't have to go campaign for citizens' votes! We were both called "Your Honor" despite the huge gap between where we sat!
4) The Justice was an iconic trailblazer nationally. At my lowest little place, the ABA also classified me as...one of trailblazers for my ethnic community!
5) We were both women, among the first few of our type to get ourselves to law school.
6) We both fit the image of Robert Frost's "Two Roads Diverged in the Woods, and I, I took the one less travelled by..." Guess what? The late Justice took the road that led her to the U.S. Supreme Court. As for me, I...took the road that led myself to...Denver (without the music of John Denver)!
7) We both had dark hair and, hopefully, a sense of fashion (even for the black robe): watch the Justice's being interviewed in her chambers about her selection of jabots on black robes!
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a25362496/ruth-bader-ginsburg-collar-meaning/
8) When we were young, we both had a long face (as opposed to square, or round)...
AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST,
9) The late Justice had her last official national portrait taken on my 60th birthday, the same day my beloved mother went into a coma. My mother died the following day, having waited for me to see her last on my very 60th birthday (by then, Justice Ginsburg would have had her last official national portrait taken. The late Justice was my mother's age (born in 1933).) Can you believe such a coincidence?
I miss you, from afar, Your Honor. WND
P.S. From now on, any time I think of my 60th birthday and the day of my mother's death, I would also be thinking of Justice Ginsburg's last national portrait.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her ... en.wikipedia.org
- March 15, 1933, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- September 18, 2020, Washington, D.C.
- Complications from pancreatic cancer
- 5'1" (1.54m)
- Martin D. Ginsburg (m 1954 - 2010)
- James Steven Ginsburg, Jane C. Ginsburg
- Celia Bader, Nathan Bader
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes History One Last Time As First Woman To Lie In State
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes History One Last Time As First Woman To Lie In State
Pete Williams fought back tears on Friday as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's casket arrived at the U.S. Capitol.
The longtime NBC News correspondent, who reported on the Supreme Court for years, was comforted by fellow anchor Savannah Guthrie while remembering Ginsburg during their coverage of her memorial. Ginsburg died a week ago on Sept. 18 from complications of metastatic cancer at the age of 87.
As Williams explained that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi would share opening remarks at the memorial — which also included a eulogy by Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt and a performance of "Deep River" and "American Anthem" by Ginsburg's friend and mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves — he began to break down.
"It really brings together the three loves of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life: her family, the law and opera," Williams, 68, said while crying, adding that it's been a "tough day here."
Ben Gabbe/Getty; Chip Somodevilla/Getty; William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Savannah Guthrie, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Pete Williams
"Pete, take a breath," Guthrie, 48, said gently. "So many people feel a connection to Ruth Bader Ginsburg over the years as she has a become an icon in many ways and a cultural figure."
Friday's memorial began at 10 a.m. ET. Ginsburg is the first woman and first Jewish person to lie in state in Statuary Hall on the Lincoln Catafalque at the Capitol. Ginsburg is among 38 people (12 of whom were U.S. Presidents) who have been given the honor since 1852, according to CNN.
Williams also choked up as Ginsburg's casket arrived at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. On Monday, it was announced that Ginsburg would lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Wednesday and Thursday before being moved to the U.S. Capitol.
"It looks like the casket is now arriving," Williams said before tearing up. "This is 27 years since Ruth Bader Ginsburg ... arrived here," he continued, excusing himself as he cried.
"It was [also] 49 years ago when she first came here to argue her first case in the Supreme Court, beginning this long string of advocacy that persuaded the Supreme Court that discrimination between men and women was unconstitutional," Williams added.
"Pete, as we watch this scene unfold, you're not the only one who has a lump in his throat. It looks like thousands of people are there coming to pay respect to Justice Ginsburg," Guthrie said.
At Statuary Hall, the mood was somber as black bands were wrapped around every column and mourners were seen wiping away tears over the loss of the liberal icon.
GREG NASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Joe Biden and Kamala Harris honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday
"It is with profound sorrow and deep sympathy to the Ginsburg family that I have the high honor to welcome Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to lie in state in the Capitol of the United States. She does so on a catafalque built for Abraham Lincoln. May she rest in peace,"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said.
Among those at this morning's private service were former vice president and current Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, who entered the room before the hearse arrived, exchanging a few waves before taking their seats — six feet apart from other mourners, in accordance with coronavirus mandates.
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