Word: bork
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...sickening politicization of judicial appointments that has taken place in and around Room SR-325 has all but destroyed the climate necessary for rational discussion and debate about matters of jurisprudence. The lesson learned from the political firefight and subsequent defeat of Robert H. Bork in the fall of 1987 was that the worst possible baggage that a that a nominee could be saddled with was a well-documented record on a range of issues...
This idea-hostile environment reduced President Bush to nominating David H. Souter '61, a judge whose memory should be measured in volumes but whose federal career could be measured in hours. The painful memory of Bork's defeat on issues of substance coupled with George Bush's apparent lack of backbone bestowed upon this country a relatively unknown and possibly unqualified nominee for the highest court in the country--a position for which there is no recall...
...mire the entire process has sunk. Sadly, those who felt that Thurgood Marshall's sucessor should be Black had their demand of color met at the expense of ideology; they were greeted with the one of the most conservative nominees of recent memory. Again, due to what happened to Bork, Thomas was without the judicial qualification that used to elicit a Supreme Court nomination...
Sadly, there is no sign of a let-up. A.E. Dick Howard, a professor at the University of Virginia, warns, "My friends in conservative circles are still smarting over the Bork hearings, even though it's been six years now. They're salivating over the thought of a markedly liberal candidate so they can 'do a Bork,' as they...
They must put the painful memories of the Bork hearings behind them and act for the good of the country. If they are able to confirm an intelligent, qualified justice, they have done everyone a tremendous service, even if he or she does not meet with the approval of the NRA or the Heritage Foundation...