Difference between revisions of "Robert Bork"
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| − | Judge Robert H. Bork has served as Solicitor General, acting Attorney General, and circuit judge for United States Court of Appeals. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, but his confirmation did not pass Senate vote. Currently, Bork is best known as a legal expert who has advocated a judicial philosophy called originalism. Bork has authored many best-selling books. | + | Judge Robert H. Bork has served as Solicitor General, acting Attorney General, and circuit judge for United States Court of Appeals. |
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| + | == Saturday Night Massacre == | ||
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| + | 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 led directly to eight bills of impeachment being laid against Nixon in Congress. | ||
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| + | == Supreme Court Nomination == | ||
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| + | In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, but his confirmation did not pass Senate vote. Currently, Bork is best known as a legal expert who has advocated a judicial philosophy called originalism. Bork has authored many best-selling books. | ||
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Revision as of 20:15, April 8, 2007
Judge Robert H. Bork has served as Solicitor General, acting Attorney General, and circuit judge for United States Court of Appeals.
Saturday Night Massacre
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 led directly to eight bills of impeachment being laid against Nixon in Congress.
Supreme Court Nomination
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, but his confirmation did not pass Senate vote. Currently, Bork is best known as a legal expert who has advocated a judicial philosophy called originalism. Bork has authored many best-selling books.
