Word: bork
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...newly-formed Harvard Committee for a Just Supreme Court yesterday began a four-day letterwriting campaign against Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork...
Students at a university where "respect for individuals and freedom of inquiry" are treasured should be especially concerned about Bork's possible ascension to the Supreme Court, said co-chairman Kenneth A. Gerber...
Gregory R. Schwartz '89, another committee co-chairman, said he hoped the committee would "heighten awareness" of the issues at stake in the Bork hearings. He added that committee members hoped to "mobilize the campus" in opposition to Bork...
Thornburgh, who served as assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division under Bork, called the nominee a strong supporter of effective law enforcement and a man committed to ensuring high standards in government...
...Bork believes in] the protection of what I regard the first civil right of all Americans--the right to be safe from fear of violent crime in their homes, in their streets and in their communities," said Thornburgh, who has formed a committee to explore the possibility of his running for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination...