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It was mentioned as one of the four Supreme Court justice biographies Joan Biskupic had written, that she was particularly interested in the subject because of his family history and Italian heritage, with 12 on-the-record interviews.
You've written about Sandra Day O'Connor and Antonin Scalia and Sonia Sotomayor.
— Episode: Contempt & The Court (with Joan Biskupic...
Episode: Contempt & The Court (with Joan Biskupic)
It was mentioned as one of the four Supreme Court justice biographies Joan Biskupic had written, that she was particularly interested in the subject because of his family history and Italian heritage, with 12 on-the-record interviews.
You've written about Sandra Day O'Connor and Antonin Scalia and Sonia Sotomayor.
But when I was doing research on her for that book that came out in 2005, I spent a lot of time in the Reagan files. And that got me interested in Justice Scalia, who I thought was a real manifestation of the Reagan movement.
So I moved from her to him. And I was also intrigued by his first Italian-American heritage. Talk about family dynamics.
He was not only an only child, he was the only offspring of his generation.
So he had this intriguing family history that he brought to the bench and was always the center of attention. And I had 12 on the record interviews with him that really helped me understand him.