Robert Bork dies

[Baltimatt]

Nominated and rejected for US Supreme Court

Robert H. Bork, whose failed Supreme Court nomination in 1987 infuriated conservatives and politicized the confirmation process for the ensuing decades, died Wednesday at the age of 85. The former Yale law professor and judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit had a history of heart problems and had been in poor health for some time.

But Bork was a towering figure for an early generation of conservatives. In the 1960s and '70s, he argued that a liberal-dominated Supreme Court was abusing its power and remaking American life by ending prayers in public schools, by extending new rights to criminals, by ordering cross-town busing and by voiding the laws against abortion.

[ms maggie]

RIP. (I love when they give respiratory failure as the cause of death. Ya think?)

[zenwalk]

Borked by life.

[veritas]

Could have been a great SC justice but fell afoul of liberals. RIP.

[zenwalk]

Could have been a great SC justice but fell afoul of liberals. RIP.

Yes, godfather of ruling from the bench because (get this) "the other side does it." Brilliant. Eff Bork. Nothing like straw man justice, huh? He was one of the first trojan horses that brought us to the logjam closterflock where we are today.

[flyboy56]

Yes, godfather of ruling from the bench because (get this) "the other side does it." Brilliant. Eff Bork. Nothing like straw man justice, huh? He was one of the first trojan horses that brought us to the logjam closterflock where we are today.

Bork started redistricting? Eff him!

[EmDot]

R.I.P. Robert.

Could have been a great SC justice. . .

That's the opinion of some, not all.

[DaggerJohn]

You can almost trace the current polarization and extreme partisanship in Congress today to what the Dems did to Robert Bork. What Kennedy did to Bork was a crime. RIP, Robert Bork.

Bork was blocked, but Kagan sailed through. UFB.

[BlandFood]

You can almost trace the current polarization and extreme partisanship in Congress today to what the Dems did to Robert Bork. What Kennedy did to Bork was a crime. RIP, Robert Bork.

Bork was blocked, but Kagan sailed through. UFB.

Presidential appointee's are only the right of the anti American leftist.

Now let the pos garbage bring up Rice in 3...2....1.....

[Diego]

So had Bork made it to the court, one more libbie would be on the nomination block now??

RIP Mr. Bork...you have served your country well

[ms maggie]

Lots of people forget the controversial decision many held against Bork.

Chemical company gave female employees the choice of remaining employed or getting sterilized. Women sued company, Bork backed company.

Also Bork was the guy who agreed to fire the Watergate special prosecutor as Nixon ordered--Bork's boss and his boss' boss both resigned in protest. Bork had no such scruples. Of course Nixon was then impeached and a new prosecutor put in place.

[Calamari]

It's a good thing for this country he never got put on the supreme court. That caveman would have dragged us back into the dark ages.

[Jeebus]

R.I.P. Robert.That's the opinion of some, not all.

The era of extreme partisan bitterness that is now commonplace in Washington can all be traced back to this one event -- the radical leftists vigorous opposition to the confirmation of Judge Bork to the SCOTUS.

Led by Drunken Teddy (rot in Hell) Kennedy and The Delaware Buffoon Biden.

[Omaha Beach]

The bggest affront to decency was Kennedy sitting in moral judgment of Judge Bork or ANYONE else!

[Omaha Beach]

Lots of people forget the controversial decision many held against Bork.

Chemical company gave female employees the choice of remaining employed or getting sterilized. Women sued company, Bork backed company.

Also Bork was the guy who agreed to fire the Watergate special prosecutor as Nixon ordered--Bork's boss and his boss' boss both resigned in protest. Bork had no such scruples. Of course Nixon was then impeached and a new prosecutor put in place.

Do you have either the case name or citation? Id like to read the opinion about the chemical company.

[Jeebus]

Do you have either the case name or citation? Id like to read the opinion about the chemical company.

Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union v. American Cyanamid Co.

[reg_indy]

Presidential appointee's are only the right of the anti American leftist.

Now let the pos garbage bring up Rice in 3...2....1.....

Bitter much?

[Omaha Beach]

Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union v. American Cyanamid Co.

Thanks, read it. The company enacted the policy to protect women of child bearing age from being exposed to llead levels they could not lower to protect fetuses from miscarriages or birth defects. The only alternative to that policy would have been to close the department and put all 30 women employed there out of work. The Court held that the policy was permitted under the statute as it was writen by Congress.

[EmDot]

The era of extreme partisan bitterness that is now commonplace in Washington can all be traced back to this one event -- the radical leftists vigorous opposition to the confirmation of Judge Bork to the SCOTUS.

IMO it harks back to Reagan's ridiculous nomination of Bork. He should never have nominated the man. Wasn't up to the caliber of a Supreme Court judge. Belonged on the lower courts were his wrong decisions had a chance of being overturned.

[Omaha Beach]

IMO it harks back to Reagan's ridiculous nomination of Bork. He should never have nominated the man. Wasn't up to the caliber of a Supreme Court judge. Belonged on the lower courts were his wrong decisions had a chance of being overturned.

Baloney. If you were honest for a change you would just say you dont think any conservative judge belongs on the SC. Bork head and shoulders intellectually over that light weight Latina Sotomayer who is only on the Court because of her sex and ethnicity.