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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. At the time of his nomination, Bork was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a position to ...
Sep 21, 2018 · Reagan nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Robert Bork, testifies on the fourth day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in Washington D C. Bork was rejected by the Senate.
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...
Bork is one of four Supreme Court nominees (along with William Rehnquist, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh) to have been opposed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Sep 26, 2018 · As allegations of sexual assault and misconduct swirl around Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, many conservatives are deeply concerned that Kavanaugh is being “Borked” — a reference to...
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.
Oct 23, 2023 · On October 23, 1987, the United States Senate held one of the most-controversial votes on a Supreme Court nominee in its history, when it rejected Robert Bork’s appointment.
