first and only pick for the supreme court. >> douglas was stepping down, ford called the attorney general and said ed go find me somebody i can nominate to be supreme court justice. he came back with john paul stevens a guy he knew in chicago a good judge. question of judicial philosophy never enter nude it. he nominated stevens and steve vens was confirmed three weeks later unanimously. >> i was invited into the white house with a number of correspondents in the oval office. one of the things he said john paul stephens that's the kind of appointment i would like to make where you get un nimity of the congress we all come together. i went into in movement as a kid so we could get everybody to approve some nonentity for the u.s. supreme court. i am all with reagan. >> obviously i was not publicly supporting reagan during that period because i was a member of the president ford's candidate. i had a dickens of a time on