Bartlet and Mendoza in “The Short List”

Bartlet

Would it surprise you to know that for the last few months you have been on a short list of candidates for the bench?

Yes, it would.

Bartlet

Well then this is gonna knock your socks off. Tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock, I am naming you as my nominee to be the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. You were not the first choice, but you are the last one, and the right one. Will you accept the nomination?

With honor.