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   Robert Heron Bork (March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012) was an American legal scholar who served as solicitor general of the United States from 1973 until 1977. A professor by training, he was acting United States Attorney General and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1982 to 1988.

2. www.nytimes.com › 2012/12/20 › usRobert H. Bork, Conservative Jurist, Dies at 85 - The New ...

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   Dec 19, 2012 · Robert H. Bork, a former solicitor general, federal judge and conservative legal theorist whose 1987 nomination to the United States Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate in a historic...

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4. www.theguardian.com › world › 2012Robert Bork obituary | US news | The Guardian

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   Dec 19, 2012 · Godfrey Hodgson. Wed 19 Dec 2012 11.56 EST. Robert Bork, who has died aged 85, was one of the most controversial American legal scholars of his generation. After two of President Richard...

5. www.borkfoundation.org › about-rhbAbout Robert H. Bork | The Bork Foundation

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   Robert Heron Bork was a federal judge, U.S. Solicitor General, legal scholar and public intellectual who advocated the judicial philosophy of originalism and devised the Consumer Welfare Standard model that has governed antitrust law for more than a half-century. Early Life and Career.

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   Who was Robert Bork?

   • Robert Bork, centre, with Gerald Ford, left, and Bob Dole, at a Senate committee hearing in 1987. Bork's failed supreme court nomination has gone down in history and produced a new word - 'borking'. Photograph: Charles Tasnadi/AP Robert Bork, who has died aged 85, was one of the most controversial American legal scholars of his generation.

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   Who was judge Bork?

   • Judge Bork, who was 60 at the time, was sitting on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, often a steppingstone to the Supreme Court, when President Ronald Reagan announced on July 1, 1987, that he was nominating him to the high court to replace Lewis Powell, a moderate justice who was retiring.

   Robert H. Bork, Conservative Jurist, Dies at 85 - The New York Times

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   How long did Robert Bork serve as Solicitor General?

   • Robert Bork continued to serve as Solicitor General to the end of the Ford Administration. President Reagan nominated Bork to serve as circuit judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was confirmed and served in that capacity from 1982 to 1988.

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   Why did the US Senate reject Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination?

   • Opposition to his nomination centered on his perceived willingness to roll back the civil rights rulings of the Warren and Burger courts, and his role in the Saturday Night Massacre during the Watergate scandal. On October 23, 1987, the United States Senate rejected Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court by a roll-call vote of 42–58.

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7. www.justice.gov › osg › bioSolicitor General: Robert H. Bork - United States Department ...

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   Sep 18, 2023 · Robert H. Bork. 35th Solicitor General, 1973 - 1977. Robert Heron Bork (born March 1, 1927) is a conservative legal scholar and former judge who advocates an originalist interpretation of the United States Constitution. Bork is also a highly accomplished antitrust law scholar and lawyer.

8. www.pbs.org › newshour › politicsRobert Bork, Supreme Court Nominee, Dies at 85 - PBS

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   Dec 19, 2012 · Federal judge and former solicitor general Robert H. Bork died Wednesday at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart disease, according to the Associated Press....