Word: bork
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Robert Bork is a centrist judge. An open-minded moderate, he decides cases with the same sense of detachment and fairness that marked the opinions of the man he may succeed on the U.S. Supreme Court, retired Justice Lewis Powell...
...Robert Bork is a right-wing ideologue. As a Supreme Court Justice, he would show little respect for the past 30 years of judicial precedent. Acting on dogmatic, narrow-minded views, he might vote to overrule landmark decisions on abortion, civil rights and church-state separation...
These colliding images have set the stage for what is expected to be a highly contentious Senate confirmation hearing next month. By the time Bork begins testifying before the Judiciary Committee on Sept. 15, hundreds of liberal and conservative groups will have spent more than $20 million to promote their sharply different pictures of Bork. Since the President announced Bork's nomination six weeks ago, the pro- and anti-Bork juggernauts have accelerated. "It's like a toboggan going downhill," says Consumer Advocate and Bork Opponent Ralph Nader. "It's shaping up as the biggest battle in a long time...
...appearing in four major U.S. newspapers beginning last week. The full-page message cost People for the American Way, a liberal activist group, some $135,000. But that is small change in the all-out lobbying war over the Supreme Court nomination of Appeals Court Judge Robert Bork. Anticipating this fall's Senate confirmation vote, hundreds of liberal and conservative interest groups are expected to spend more than $20 million in multimedia ad campaigns and direct contact by mail and phone. Their main target: the 20-odd Senators who have yet to make up their minds...
Reagan's impending clash with the Senate over Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court is expected to be a dramatic showdown. "Most people in the Senate haven't made up their minds," contends Chief of Staff Howard Baker, "and I think that's good." He predicts Bork will be "an absolutely stunningly good witness." If Reagan wins, his legacy may well include a long- lasting conservative course for the court...