robert jackson is a great justice by any partisan definition whether republican or democrat. nixon recognized that. that seemed to close the deal through suddenly now he's not very interested in the eckert. then when he learns that rehnquist they thought was number two and moore had that wrong. he was number one in his class and nixon had been beat up for some of the people he suggested along the way. so, that's -- the was a fascinating story to together how rehnquist did get the nomination. the problem with the book and the end of the book is rehnquist was never visited for the job and that created its own set of problems. >> host: and get in one of reference you or somebody else describes rehnquist as a clown based on his -- >> guest: that's mixing. that is a much earlier situation. after the pentagon papers were released that brought to mix in's mind again that there is so much over classification of documents and government he wanted to create a pretty high level group that would address and tackle the problem declassifying papers. so what he did is selected a small panel

it is not until richard more mentioned he was a law clerk for robert jackson, robert jackson is a greatustice bite any partisan's definition whether you are republican or democrat. nixon recognized that. that seemed to close the deal. he is not very interested in baker and when he learns that thought was number 2, had that wrong, he was number one. nixon had been beat up for some of the people he suggested a long way. that was a fascinating story to put together how he got the nomination. the problem with the book at the end of the book is william rehnquist never vetted for the job and that created its own set of problems. >> you or somebody else describe him as a clown based on -- >> that is nixon. a much earlier situation. after the pentagon papers were released it brought to nixon's mind the fact that there is so much overclassification of documents and government. he created a high-level group that would address and tackle a problem so what he did was selected a small panel, put william rehnquist in charge of that. he never met william rehnquist and having a conference in the outer

moore mentioned something i'd mentioned to moore, that rehnquist had clerked as a law clerk for robert jackson. roobt jackson is a great justice by any partisan's definition whether you're republican or democrat. nixon recognized that. that seemed to close the deal. suddenly, he's not very interested in baker, and then when he learns that rehnquist, they thought, was number two in this his -- again, moore had that wrong, he was number one in his class, and nixon had been beat up a little bit for some of the people he'd suggested along the way. so that's, that was a fascinating story to put together how rehnquist did get the nomination. the problem with the book and the last end of the book is rehnquist was never vetted for the job, and that created its own set of problems. >> host: and yet in one reference you or somebody else describes rehnquist as a clown based on his -- >> guest: that's nixon. that's a much earlier situation. after the pentagon phares were -- papers were released it brought to nixon's mind again the fact there's so much overclassification of documents in government. he want

why not look for an ex-attorney general like robert jackson? why not look for an ex-senator or a current senator, like hugo black was a senator when he was selected to the court? or perhaps even an ex-president, william howard taft had been president of the united states and later served as chief justice of the supreme court of the united statesso i believe we concerned about it. as divisive as the senate has become and as partisan and as gridlocked as the senator -- senate has become, i believe that there are 60 votes in this chamber to reject the concept of a filibuster and that the president ought to have a free hand in selecting his choice in accordance with the considerations which i have outlined. i thank the chair and in the absence of any senator seeking recognition suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reed: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. th

fdr wanted to appoint attorney general robert jackson. as he deliberated, he spoke with the outgoing chief and the associate justices, who urged him to act with dispatch. he called hews to a white house meeting where he declared that justice don's record gave him first klan -- just as stone -- justice stone's record gave him first priority. ff noted that he preferred the attorney general because of their close friendship. the sitting justice observe the obvious. stone had sonority in his favor -- seniority in his favor. frankfurter asserted that stone's republican credentials were an asset. frankfurter advised fdr that a bipartisan pick for chief justice would serve both the president and the court well in the turbulent days ahead. fdr advised jackson that he could inform stone of his television -- his elevation to chief. frankfurter was right. his nomination met with unanimous acclaim. harlan stone urns another award -- not surprisingly, it is the most -- earns another award -- not surprisingly, it is the most bipartisan award. a republi

fdr wanted to appoint attorney general robert jackson. as he deliberated, he spoke with the outgoing chief and the associate justices, who urged him to act with dispatch. he called hews to a white house meeting where he declared that justice don's record gave him first klan -- just as stone -- justice stone's record gave him first priority. ff noted that he preferred the attorney general because of their close friendship. the sitting justice observe the obvious. stone had sonority in his favor -- seniority in his favor. frankfurter asserted that stone's republican credentials were an asset. frankfurter advised fdr that a bipartisan pick for chief justice would serve both the president and the court well in the turbulent days ahead. fdr advised jackson that he could inform stone of his television -- his elevation to chief. frankfurter was right. his nomination met with unanimous acclaim. harlan stone urns another award -- not surprisingly, it is the most -- earns another award -- not surprisingly, it is the most bipartisan award. a republi

robert e. lee and pat buchanan, a member of the sons confederate veterans and very close scotch irish fan of stonewall jackson. here we have it. i don't think we need to give you your uniforms, i think you know which side you are on, talking to you, karen, a proud heir to the confederacy, one could say. here's part of the governor's apology. the quote to include any reference to slavery in that proclamation to confederate history month. for that, i apologize. to any fellow virginian disappointed. it was issued soley to promote the study of our history, encourage tourism and recognize virginia's unique role in this story of america. what kind of african-american tourist would want to celebrate confederate history month, pat? is this just for white tourist? a push for tourism. >> the 175th anniversary. virginia was part of the old south confederacy. there's a lot of misinformation. virginia did not su seed over slavery. virginia stayed in the union at the time of fort sumter. what took them out of the union when abraham lincoln said, we want 75,000 volunteers, your militia and your soldiers in the union to atta