brian: you have got to tell the stanbury story. -- johnson nominated henry stanbury. you envisionhis, today what would happen if this kind of thing would happen today. david: the republicans did not ohnson to have an appointment to the supreme court. a vacancy arose and he said he wanted to nominate stanbury who was a lawyer from i believe cincinnati, or ohio anyway. congress quickly enacted legislation eliminating the vacancy and saying the supreme court was only eight justices, no longer nine. just to make sure he would never get an appointment, they then included a provision that said, if there should be another stated -- miss stated. when the next vacancy happens, the size of the court will cut 27. -- to seven. brian: didn't johnson be to that bill. david: he vetoed most of the bills. brian: define a radical republican. david: it's a soft definition. were the angriest republicans, the people who were most unhappy with johnson. they were the most devoted to helping the freedmen who had been slaves. congress, they were obviously radical republicans, and then it is a

managers and johnson appoints a number of defense lawyers, starting with his attorney general henry stanburythe senate gives them time to prepare their case. through this whole period, you have a tremendous amount of publicity, as you can only imagine, so everything about the case is already in the press. takes about six weeks before the trial begins. brian: you have got to tell the stanbury story in the supreme court. congress responded in kind when a vacancy arose on the supreme court in the spring of 1856, and johnson nominated -- 1866, and johnson nominated henry stanberry. you envision what would happen if this happened today. david: the republicans did not want johnson to have an appointment to the supreme court, so a vacancy arose, and he said he wanted to nominate stanberry, a lawyer from cincinnati, from ohio anyway. and congress enacted legislation the vacancy and saying the supreme court was only eight justices, no longer nine. just to make sure he would never get an appointment, they then included a provision that said, if there should be another when thei misstated, next vacancy