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 — only to watch this one collapse in about a week. Who was the nominee who wasn’t undone by his judicial record, but by an admission about his personal past, while he was a Harvard Law professor?
Hint: The timing clashed with the administration’s signature War on Drugs. The seat eventually went to Anthony Kennedy.
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