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Ronald reagan chose antonin scalia for the supreme court, in part because he was italian american. reagan -- the gold standard of republican presidents, right? well, he used to be. not in this -- not in this current republican party. reagans white house counsel at the time said in an interview with "the washington post" -- and i quote -- i think reagan felt that it would be great to put an italian american on the supreme court. he had all the usual american instincts. we dont have an italian ame...

He had all the usual american instincts. we dont have an italian american on the court, so we ought to have one. he really felt good about doing that. it wasnt principle so much as the kind of emotional commitment. come on, people. dont be hypocrites. okay. lets go back a little bit further in history, right? same president during his campaign against jimmy carter. this was in 1980. reagan, again, promised to select a woman for the supreme court if he was elected. >> im announcing today one of t...