S1E18 · Six Meetings Before Lunch

Complete story — includes the ending

The Senate confirms President Bartlet's nomination of Judge Mendoza to the Supreme Court, prompting the West Wing staff to celebrate and C.J. to lip-sync to " The Jackal ". The next day, however, ushers in a myriad of problems that bring the senior staff quickly back to Earth. Zoey attends a frat party which was the location of a Metro Police drug bust and subsequent arrest of the son of a major fundraiser for the Democrats after her departure. A reporter for a conservative newspaper tries to cause problems while C.J. and others try to minimize it as a non-story, which becomes more of a struggle when C.J. discovers that Zoey did not tell her the whole truth. C.J.'s morning meetings are with Charlie, Danny, Zoe, Gina, Sam, and the President. Mallory, Leo's daughter, quarrels with Sam about school vouchers. Mandy asks Toby for help in getting a replacement panda from the Chinese government and gets him to help her to cause pain for Josh. Meanwhile, due to an objection by a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Josh has a long and vigorous discussion about reparations (of $1.7 trillion) for slavery with a candidate for an appointment to the post of the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.