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Article: Judge Bork and the Democrats
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- July 10, 1987
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SHOULD JUDGE Robert Bork be elevated to the Supreme Court? To
answer the question intelligently you need to know a lot of things.
Aside from the basic questions of what standards the Senate ought to
apply in judging nominees and how Judge Bork's constitutional
philosophy will play out on the court, there is a mountain of
published work and court opinions to be read. It also usually helps
to pose questions to the nominee in a public hearing and take account
of his responses. Apparently thisis too much to ask of the chairman
of the committee that will consider the nomination. While claiming
that Judge Bork will have a fulland fair hearing, Sen. Joseph Biden
this week has pledged to civil ...
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Article: Confirm Judge Bork? `Yes!" . . . `Never!'
Chicago Sun-Times;
September 17, 1987 ;
700+ words
... ... has ever been reversed by the Supreme Court. Furthermore, of the 401 cases in which Judge Bork joined with the majority, not one has been reversed by the Supreme Court. Judge Bork dissented from the majority ...
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