They had very, very close personal relationships. And just to kind of briefly get the players on t table, they sort of into three justices were very well known, hugo black, felix frankfurter, William Douglas robert jackson. Those are the four very well known ones. O were not very well,murphy, james burns y from South Carolina and he was only on the court f fall of 1942, fdr to him come work with me in the white house. Youll be the assistant president overseeing the domestic economy and burns lef supreme to join fdr in the white and fourth justice in this category of lesser known justices in the fdr appointees was Wiley Rutledge replacement. And then the third group is the appointed by fdr and are only two in this category. One of them was harlan fiske stone, who hadn appointed in 1925 by calvin coolidge, his Amherst College buddy, and as i mentioned, fdr e justice in 1941. In the summer of 1941. And its very clear that fdr did single mindedly focused and preparing the country for war,
One that i find the most absolutely fascinating and interesting is the one were going to discuss tonight. James garfield. For quite a number of reasons. First of all, garfield is one of the most intelligent president s we have ever had. I mean he is up there in the top half dozen, and when we go through his life by the end of it or the middle of it, youre going to start laughing because youre just going to say no, that cant be. He cant be that good in that field. Its just not possible. And then well find something else, and youre going to say no. He is just incredibly bright, and the hope for his presidency was enormous. And so were going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before, and he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. I dont know how you test Something Like that. I mean, its not as if you give president s iq tests. Its a lot easier with things that are easy to measure. Tall and short i mean, we all know that madison wa
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audience reacts it was a slow year at the Miss Universe pageant. And one final disclaimer this show will contain references to the fact that donald trump may become president. Captioning sponsored by cbs announcer tonight. Stephen welcomes Jason Sudeikis cheers and applause Michael Weatherly cheers and applause and megyn kelly featuring jon batiste and stay human cheers and applause now its time for the late show with Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hey cheers and applause hey, everybody nice to see you up there and down here, everybody out there cheers and applause thanks so much, everybody thanks so much. Welcome to the late show. Im Stephen Colbert. Hows everybody doing . cheers and applause that is really crisp. Its may 16th, i hope everybody bundled up. It was 39 degrees in new york this morning. I nearly froze my maypole off. laughter i dont know whats happening. The weather has gone insane. All over the planet. Despite the fact that it was freezing here today, climat
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