there was an even more awkward problem with and that is that cardoso was a jew. and when louis brandeis became the first jew on the supreme court in 1916 there was a hideous way of anti-semitism and. cardoso would mean it that there were two issues on the court at a time when and anti-semitism was all to write, bon coup rick setback, would he be willing to their that? and the fact is that whoever chose some reluctance in appointing cardozo, but the pressure from the legal community was so great that he probably had no choice but to do so. in any event, the hoover didn't bite the bullet, he did name cardozo, and cardoso who in the brief time that was still left to him was one of of of the great luminaries on the high court to. >> george bush actually faces to constitutional challenges before he ever becomes president. the first is he is the chair of republican national committee, during watergate. and it takes him a while but he ultimately aim one stands up and tells richard nixon that he should resign in a tortuous meeting at the cabinet. it was very difficult fo