Dec 19, 2012 · Robert Bork, whose failed Supreme Court nomination provoked a lasting partisan divide over judicial nominations, died Wednesday at age 85. A former federal judge and conservative legal theorist,...
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Oct 31, 2014 · 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. He earned bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Chicago and served in the Marine Corps.
Oct 23, 2022 · Born in Pittsburgh, Bork had a considerable reputation as a conservative law scholar and a proponent of originalism, the legal theory that the Constitution should be interpreted as originally intended by the Founders and Founding generation. Bork also taught at Yale University, which wasn’t exactly a hotbed for conservative legal scholars.
Sep 9, 2020 · Robert Bork’s nomination was defeated 58 to 42 on October 23, 1987. It was close to a party‐ line vote, with two Democrats voting in favor and six Republicans opposed. It was the biggest...
Dec 19, 2012 · He was a former federal appeals court judge. He was a Yale law professor. He was a Justice Department official during the Nixon Administration; it was Bork who was left standing at Justice on the...
The Antitrust Paradoxis an influential 1978 book by Robert Borkthat criticized the state of United States antitrust lawin the 1970s. A second edition, updated to reflect substantial changes in the law, was published in 1993.[1] Bork has credited Aaron Directoras well as other economists from the University of Chicago as influences. [2]