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Article: The brief on judge Bork. (Robert Bork)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- September 14, 1987
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THE BRIEF ON JUDGE BORK
He is a "dangerous radical.' "The general opinion is that he is a very able lawyer, a man of keen intellect but that as a matter of intellectual honesty, he is not entirely trustworthy.' He will "distort the Court's decisions for generations.' He "will take his seat equipped with a variety of preconceived notions and firmly held opinions relating only remotely, if at all, to questions of law, but rather to questions of a purely political nature concerning social issues.' To put "such a man on the Supreme Court will shake our confidence that the Court will conserve the rights we hold dear. His appointment is so astounding that it seems ...