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Article: People for the American Way urges Senate to turn down Bork nomination. (Robert Bork)
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- July 1, 1987
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PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY URGES SENATE
TO TURN DOWN BORK NOMINATION
LOS ANGELES, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- People For The American Way today urged the Senate not to confirm Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court seat recently vacated by retiring Justice Lewis Powell.
Responding to the nomination, Ramona Ripston, vice president and western region executive director of People For The American Way, said: "If Robert Bork is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, we can expect to see the clock turned back on civil and individual rights in this nation. Bork's judicial philosophy would enable him to try to overturn 30 years of progressive ...