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1. en.wikisource.org › wiki › Robert_Bork's_AmericaRobert Bork's America - Wikisource, the free online library

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   Nov 27, 2022 · Robert Bork's America, speech from Congressional Record, (July 1, 1987). Mr. President, I oppose the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, and I urge the Senate to reject it. In the Watergate scandal of 1973, two distinguished Republicans — Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus —put ...

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   Robert Bork's America, speech by US Senator Ted Kennedy on nomination of Robert Bork to Supreme Court of the United States by President Ronald Reagan Date 1 July 1987

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   Both Bork’s role in the Saturday Night Massacre and his philosophy of originalism came under fire when Reagan nominated Bork to the Supreme Court. On the first day of congressional hearings, Ted Kennedy gave a speech describing an America governed by Bork’s legal philosophies.

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   Jul 1, 1987 · Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) spoke in opposition to Judge Robert Bork's nomination saying that "Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley...

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5. freedomeden.blogspot.com › 2009 › 08FREEDOM EDEN: Ted Kennedy: "Robert Bork's America" - Blogger

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   Aug 27, 2009 · On June 23, 1987, Ted Kennedy made a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Although brief, Kennedy's words transformed American politics. It marked the beginning of an ugly era of personal destruction.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_Bork_Supreme_CourtRobert Bork Supreme Court nomination - Wikipedia

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   Within 45 minutes of Bork's nomination to the Court, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) took to the Senate floor with a strong condemnation of Bork in a nationally televised speech, declaring: Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break ...

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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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   Who is Robert Bork?

   • Tear down this wall! On July 1, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to succeed Lewis F. Powell Jr., who had earlier announced his retirement.

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   Would Bork have made the Supreme Court if Reagan had nominated him?

   • Some journalists and correspondents believed that if Reagan had nominated Bork in 1986, Bork would have likely made the Supreme Court as the Senate was led by the Republicans.

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   Is Bork a slang word?

   • In addition to his legal legacy, Bork also has a word named for him in the Oxford English Dictionary. The verb “bork” is used as slang, to “defame or vilify (a person) systematically, esp. in the mass media, usually with the aim of preventing his or her appointment to public office; to obstruct or thwart (a person) in this way.”

   On This Day: Senate rejects Robert Bork for the Supreme Court

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8. constitutioncenter.org › blog › on-this-day-senateOn This Day: Senate rejects Robert Bork for the Supreme Court

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   Oct 23, 2023 · Senator Ted Kennedy reacted with a public statement that quickly drew political battle lines over Bork’s nomination. “Robert Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren ...