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Judge Bork (Cont'd.)
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The Washington Post
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September 22, 1987
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Lloyd Cutler's latest attempt {op-ed, Sept. 16} to transform
Judge Robert Bork into a moderate conservative by comparing Judge
Bork's criticisms of certain Supreme Court decisions with those of
truly moderate conservative justices falls far short.
First, nobody but Justice Potter Stewart comes close to sharing
Judge Bork's aversion to all the cases on Mr. Cutler's rather
selective list. It is Judge Bork's wholesale rejection of the
Supreme Court decisions advancing human rights that is the primary
basis for opposition to him.
Second, Mr. Cutler misstates Justice Stewart's position on
abortion and substantive due process. Justice Stewart was not a
reluctant supporter of Roe v. Wade, as ...