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Article: The ABA and Judge Bork
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 11, 1987
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ACOMMITTEE of the American Bar Association dropped a bombshell
this week. The panel, the Standing Committee on the Federal
Judiciary, had been asked by the Justice Department to evaluate the
professional qualifications of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, as
it customarily does in the case of any federal judicial nominee. It
is not surprising that a majority of the committee gave its highest
rating-"well qualified"-to Judge Bork. But it is a surprise that
five members of the 15-member panel did not join in this
recommendation. While the ABA has not announced the vote, it has
been widely reported that one lawyer was simply "not opposed," and
four others found the nominee "not qualified."
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