Nixon is probably the single most fascinating president in our history. The existence of actual recordings of his day to day work as POTUS is an amazing insight into his work. He got so sick of the media knocking down his proposed nominees to the court, he decided well, fuck them, I'll leak that I'm considering Robert fucking Byrd to the court, and force them to report on how he was a klan leader, filibustered the voting rights and civil rights acts, and is an all around piece of shit. Now go read what the NYT reported on this possible nomination of klan leader Byrd, who also iirc failed the bar exam numerous times, never actually practiced law, and was a total racist asshole: https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/10/archives/robert-byrd-considered-for-supreme-court-seat-robert-byrd-is.html