Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia served from his appointment in 1986 until his death Saturday. But if former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had his way, Scalia would've stepped down from his post in the '90s.
As Boehner wrote Monday in the Independent Journal Review, he wanted Scalia to join Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign ticket as vice president, explaining that Dole needed a buzzy partner if he hoped to defeat Democratic incumbent Bill Clinton:
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