Word: bork
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vote against Bork represents the largest negative total ever recorded for a Supreme Court nominee...
...Bork's defeat had been anticipated for weeks. A majority of members had announced their intention to vote against him even before the Senate this week staged more than 25 hours of debate over his qualifications...
WASHINGTON--The Senate rejected President Reagan's nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court by a 58-42 vote yesterday, ending a long and contentious debate over a judge alternately portrayed as a brilliant jurist and a dangerous extremist...
...Bork, who had been nominated July 1 to replace retired Justice Lewis F. Powell, became the 26th man in history to fail to win Senate confirmation to the nation's highest court, only the sixth this century...
...current situation is becoming increasingly oligarchic, with only a small minority of citizens interested in the running of the country. In this year of the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, and of Robert H. Bork--and consequently of constant talk of the rights of citizenship--sight should not be lost of the responsibilities...