Why Aaron Sorkin’s West Wing Supreme Court battle looks better than the real thing

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While President Obama’s attempt to replace Justice Antonin Scalia is shaping up to be a compelling fight, Sorkin already did reality one better with "the show’s vision for how to resolve a logjam caused by the rift between a liberal president and an intransigent Congress,” says Brian Lowry. He points out: "Far from settling for a mediocre candidate, a 2004 episode, titled The Supremes, hatched a grand compromise, allowing a liberal lion (played by Glenn Close) to become Chief Justice and a Scalia-like conservative to join the court.”