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Old 09-10-2022, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
Yeh, that Bork who had no business with 100 miles of the SCOTUS. He supported the rights of Southern states to impose a poll tax and he had a stated goal of rolling back the civil rights decisions of the Warren and Burger courts. He was also criticized for being an "advocate of disproportionate powers for the executive branch of Government, almost executive supremacy," most notably, his role in the Saturday Night Massacre.

He lost 58-42 with 6 Republicans voting against him (6 Republican voting against him after knowing that the Dems already had the votes is a testimony to how out-of-the-mainstream this freak was). He is just the type of reactionary weirdo that today's GOP still favors.

An aside - My first date with my future wife happened to be during the Bork hearings at a French bistro on Capitol Hill, La Colline, for lunch. Bork sat in the table right next to us. He was one freaky looking dude.
Happy that your marriage is a success despite enduring a freak show on your first date.
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