The Bidding of Biden to Boo Bork | The Reagan Era
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
Slate Podcasts
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This episode of Whistlestop travels back to June 26, 1987, when President Reagan learned that the swing vote Justice on the Supreme Court, Justice Lewis Powell, was going to step down and so a judicial nomination would be due.
Whistlestop is Slate's podcast about presidential history. Hosted by Political Gabfest host John Dickerson, each installment will revisit memorable moments from America's presidential carnival.
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| 0:30.3 | Robert Borks America is a land of which women would be forced into back alley |
| 0:35.8 | abortions blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters rogue police could |
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| 0:44.0 | and school children could not be taught about evolution. |
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