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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. reagan's 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 don't have an italian american on the court so we ought to have one. he really felt good about doing that. it wasn't princi...

He had all the usual american instincts. we don't have an italian american on the court, so we ought to have one. he really felt good about doing that. it wasn't principle so much as the kind of emotional commitment. come on, people. don't be hypocrites. okay. let's 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. >> i'm announcing today one of the first supreme court vacancies in my administration will be filled by the most qualified woma...