{"id":161734,"date":"2026-08-28T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/28\/nominated-to-the-supreme-court-on-monday-gone-by-the-next-weekend\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:07:55","slug":"nominated-to-the-supreme-court-on-monday-gone-by-the-next-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/28\/nominated-to-the-supreme-court-on-monday-gone-by-the-next-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominated To The Supreme Court On Monday, Gone By The Next Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1987, a president reeling from a failed Supreme Court nomination quickly named a replacement \u2014 only to watch this one collapse in about a week. Who was the nominee who wasn\u2019t undone by his judicial record, but by an admission about his personal past, while he was a Harvard Law professor? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: The timing clashed with the administration\u2019s signature War on Drugs. The seat eventually went to Anthony Kennedy. <\/strong><br \/><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/nominated-to-the-supreme-court-on-monday-gone-by-the-next-weekend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nominated To The Supreme Court On Monday, Gone By The Next Weekend<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/08\/GettyImages-1097282462-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1987, a president reeling from a failed Supreme Court nomination quickly named a replacement \u2014 only to watch this one collapse in about a week. Who was the nominee who wasn\u2019t undone by his judicial record, but by an admission about his personal past, while he was a Harvard Law professor? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: The timing clashed with the administration\u2019s signature War on Drugs. The seat eventually went to Anthony Kennedy. <\/strong><br \/><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/nominated-to-the-supreme-court-on-monday-gone-by-the-next-weekend\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/nominated-to-the-supreme-court-on-monday-gone-by-the-next-weekend\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! In 1987, a president reeling from a failed Supreme Court nomination quickly named a replacement \u2014 only to watch this one collapse in about a week. 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