Robert Bork
Robert Bork
Robert Heron Borkwas an American legal scholar who advocated the judicial philosophy of originalism. Bork served as a Yale Law School professor, Solicitor General, Acting Attorney General, and a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 March 1927
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a man who did the president's bidding to save my job. I have had some time to think about it since. I think I did the right thing
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[The] National Rifle Association is always arguing that the Second Amendment determines the right to bear arms. But I think it really is the people's right to bear arms in a militia. The NRA thinks it protects their right to have Teflon-coated bullets. But that's not the original understanding.
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No activity that society thinks immoral is victimless. Knowledge that an activity is taking place is a harm to those who find it profoundly immoral.
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I don't think the Constitution is studied almost anywhere, including law schools. In law schools, what they study is what the court said about the Constitution. They study the opinions. They don't study the Constitution itself.
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Everybody else I've talked to ranges between disapproval and outrage.
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attest to the vital importance of candor and confidentiality in the solicitor general's decision-making process.
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Consumers will benefit from multiple sources of innovation,
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confirm a nominee with no visible judicial philosophy who lacks the basic skills of persuasive argument and clear writing.
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Only 1.5 Percent of Law Professors Sign Letter Opposing Roberts.
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My guess would be he will not participate in creating new constitutional rights
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Without adherence to the original understanding, even the actual Bill of Rights could be pared or eliminated. It is asserted nonetheless, and sometimes on high authority, that the judicial philosophy of original understanding is fatally defective in any number of respects.
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We all have to have some sympathy for her.
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The opposition reflected the polarization that existed in this country.
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It's a little late to develop a constitutional philosophy or begin to work it out when you're on the court already,