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Article: Cost of the Bork nomination's defeat in 1987 may have been shield for States on High Court. (Robeert H. Bork)
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- The Bond Buyer
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- August 12, 1991
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WASHINGTON -- Former federal Judge Robert H. Bork, whose nomination to the Supreme Court failed in the Senate four years ago, might well have been a staunch defender of state autonomy had he reached the high court, a recent paper by Judge Bork suggests.
Tracing the history of federalism, a term used to describe the balance of power between the states and federal government, Judge Bork writes, "Congress and executive agencies have increasingly expanded Washington's control over matters that were intended to be governed by the states."
Judge Bork, who sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit before his nomination to the Supreme ...