1.09: The Short List (with Ronald Klain)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The path to a Supreme Court nomination takes us through a discussion of the right to privacy. Plus, Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) tells us about the real-life short list that he put together for President Clinton that led to the appointment of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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0:00.0	I do this for a living, Mr. Seaborn.
0:03.6	So do I, Your Honor.
0:10.8	You're listening to The West Wing Weekly.
0:12.5	I'm Rashique Sherway.
0:13.6	And I'm Josh Wilmelina.
0:15.2	We're discussing episode nine of season one of The West Wing.
0:18.4	It's called The Short List.
0:20.0	The stories by Aaron Sorkin and D.D. Myers
0:22.8	and The Teller Play is by Aaron Sorkin and Patrick Cadell.
0:26.6	The episode first aired on November 24th, 1999,
0:30.6	and it was directed by Bill D'Alea,
0:33.3	great director I've worked with several times,
0:36.0	very natty dresser, always wears a suit to work.
0:39.4	Additionally, he's the dad of Stand Up Comic, Chris D'Alea,
0:42.9	whom you might know from Undatable and Whitney.
0:46.4	Talent to Guy.
0:47.4	Later on in this episode, we'll be joined by Ronald Claim,
0:50.3	former chief of staff to Vice President Spiden and Gore
0:53.1	and creator of a short list in the real world.
0:55.6	But first, here's the NBC synopsis of the episode.
0:59.7	When a Supreme Court Justice retires,
1:01.5	President Bartlett has a golden opportunity
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