Court. And everybody started to trying to figure out who theyre going to blame in the reagans white house for the political disaster. President reagan suffered his second defeat in trying to fill a seat in the u. S. Supreme court when the man he dominated asked that his name to be withdrawn. It was an embarrassing admission of marijuana use. Officials knew he could never win confirmation. The front runner to become the new nominee considers to be judge Anthony Kennedy of california. With or nbc news correspondent robert lloyd. Reporter it happened quickly for ginsburg, less than 48 hours from the time he disclosed that he had smoked marijuana and at the white house calling it quit. I asked president reagan to not forward my nomination to the Supreme Court. Reporter the president commended him for his clear thinking. Late this afternoon, the attorney general pushed hard for the ginsburgs nomination and dodging any blame. Together we provided the information to him and he ultimately made