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Article: The next Bork: President Bush will shape the Supreme Court for a generation.
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- National Review
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- December 9, 1988
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President Bush will shape the Supreme Court for a generation. What rules can he rely on to select nominees who will survive the nomination process and read the law, not write it? Herewith, one valid litmus test
GEORGE BUSH will leave no more important legacy than the judges he appoints. In a way this seems odd: in every four years since 1968 at least one side has sought to convince us that the next President would have a unique opportunity to reshape the federal bench, and that the new shape would endure for years to come.
This is not the sort of proposition that can be true for every election, and yet it seems to be true again this year. As many as ...