THE LEGAL UNDERGROUND PODCAST Episode #37 . . . On Episode #37, a review of Supreme Court nomination failures from 1789 to 1987, plus a special appearance by Satan. Running time: 20 minutes.
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Additional show notes. Here are links to some of the items discussed in the podcast:
- Sources materials about Supreme Court nomination failures--
- CRS Report for Congress, "Supreme Court Nominations Not Confirmed," by Henry B. Hogue (pdf file).
- Materials from the Georgetown Law Library.
- NPR, "A History of Conflict in High Court Appointments," by NPR staff.
- "Supreme Court History," from PBS's Online News Hour.
- Wikipedia, "Defeated Nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court."
- Transcripts of all the Supreme Court nomination hearings from 1971 to the present are available here.
- The law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher has plenty to say about rejected nominee William B. Hornblower--except for the details of his rejection.
- "The NAACP Comes of Age: The Defeat of John J. Parker," by Kenneth W. Goings.
- Professor Althouse weighs in on Rehnquist's gold-striped robe.
- Audible Althouse--Professor Althouse's new podcast.
- The music during the two short breaks was by the Techno Squirrels.
- And finally, The Satan Cast. Note: the song parody I played at the end of the show is not by Greg St. Clair and Chris Hicks as I said on the show. Those are the guys who wrote the original song, "That Podcast Song," that's being parodied. Sorry!
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