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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.
Sep 21, 2018 · Learn how President Reagan's third Supreme Court pick, Robert Bork, was rejected by the Senate in 1987 and how it changed the course of judicial appointments. Find out how Bork's defeat led to the confirmation of Anthony Kennedy, a moderate conservative who became a key swing vote on the Court.
- Sarah Pruitt
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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.
Dec 19, 2012 · The relentless honesty and arrogant mien of Robert Bork, who has died at 84, during his unforgettable 1987 Supreme Court nomination hearing resulted in two very important things for this nation.
May 16, 2024 · Robert H. Bork was an American legal scholar, federal judge, and onetime U.S. solicitor general (1973–77) whose nomination to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court by Pres. Ronald Reagan in 1987 was rejected by a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate.
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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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Dec 19, 2012 · Robert Bork, who was at the center of Senate hearings that "marked the modern battle lines over judicial nominations," as NPR's Nina Totenberg has said, is dead, according to The New York Times...
