In the West Wing was Evelyn Baker Lang based on Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Christopher Mulready based on Antonin Scalia?
Today we remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
Bill Clinton once said Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died today aged 87, was too thoughtful to be labelled. But many tried to do just that over the years.
Wow...
Leading to my question I saw this quote:
I think reading about Ruth and Antonin Scalia's friendship was the most wholesome political reading I've ever done. Hearing people divided in opinion, but not bitterly so, working together to figure out the best framework to construct American society from was inspirational. I hope the two halves of the political world can become friends in the way they were. Rest in peace Ruth. I hope if there's an after you and Antonin are living it up.
That triggered a memory of a West Wing Episode, The Supremes:
TOBY: I hate him. I hate him, but he's brilliant and the 2 of the them together fighting like cats and dogs. But it works.
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JED: The honorable Christopher Mulready, nominee for Associate Justice - United States Supreme Court. The honorable Evelyn Baker Lang, nominee for Chief Justice - United States Supreme Court.
My question is: In the West Wing was Evelyn Baker Lang based on Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Christopher Mulready based on Antonin Scalia?
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Why did they end up choosing Mulready to go with Lang?
Mulready meets with the President, and his praise about Lang and his acknowledgement of the political atmosphere, along with his desire to see exceptional opinions, sufficiently impress the President for him to go along with the idea.Who played Evelyn Lang on West Wing?
"The West Wing" The Supremes (TV Episode 2004) - Glenn Close as Chief Justice Evelyn Baker Lang - IMDb.Who played Mulready on West Wing?
"The West Wing" The Supremes (TV Episode 2004) - William Fichtner as Justice Christopher Mulready - IMDb.Was Glenn Close in the West Wing?
Glenn Close appeared in an episode in season five as Judge Evelyn Baker Lang, who goes on to become the chief justice of the Supreme Court. In the episode, "The Supremes," Close plays a potential Supreme Court justice, Lang, who is thought to be "too liberal" to actually secure the nomination.The West Wing- First Female Chief Justice
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