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Line 1: − [[Image:RobertBork.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]+ + + + + + + + + + + + − Judge '''Robert H. Bork''' (March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012) served as Solicitor General, acting [[Attorney General]], and circuit judge for [[United States Court of Appeals]]. He was nominated to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by President [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1987, but was "borked" (defeated by the [[Democrat]]-controlled [[U.S. Senate]] because he was not [[liberal]] enough for them).<ref>See [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]].</ref> Bork went on to become a leading [[conservative]] commentator against [[judicial activism]], and was renowned as an expert in antitrust law.+ + −
Early life, infobox
{{Infobox person
| name = Robert H. Bork
| image = RobertBork.jpg
| birth_date = March 1, 1927
| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| death_date = December 19, 2012
| death_place = Arlington, Virginia
| nationality = American
| spouse = Claire Davidson (1952-1980), Mary Ellen Pohl (m. 1982-2012)
| religion =
}}
'''Robert Heron Bork''' (March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012) served as Solicitor General, acting [[Attorney General]], and circuit judge for the [[United States Court of Appeals]]. In 1987, he was nominated to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by President [[Ronald Reagan]], but was "borked" (defeated by the [[Democrat]]-controlled [[U.S. Senate]]) because he was not [[liberal]] enough for them.<ref>See [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]].</ref> Bork went on to become a leading [[conservative]] commentator against [[judicial activism]], and was renowned as an expert in antitrust law.
==Early life==
Robert was born in Pittsburgh, his father was Harry Philip Bork Jr. and his mother was Elisabeth.
== Cox firing ==
== Cox firing ==
On Saturday October 20, 1973, independent special Watergate prosecutor [[Archibald Cox]] issued a subpoena asking for tapes of the Oval Office conversations secretly recorded by President [[Richard Nixon]], and the President ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox. Richardson resigned instead, and the President ordered Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox, but Ruckelshaus also resigned. Finally Nixon convinced Solicitor General Robert Bork, as acting head of the [[Justice Department]], to fire Cox, and Bork complied. This had an impact upon the Congress's bills of impeachment against Nixon.
On Saturday October 20, 1973, independent special Watergate prosecutor [[Archibald Cox]] issued a subpoena asking for tapes of the Oval Office conversations secretly recorded by President [[Richard Nixon]], and the President ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox. Richardson resigned instead, and the President ordered Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox, but Ruckelshaus also resigned. Finally Nixon convinced Solicitor General Robert Bork, as acting head of the [[Justice Department]], to fire Cox, and Bork complied. This had an impact upon the Congress's bills of impeachment against Nixon.