Word: bork
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...Biden led the Judiciary committee through the contentious confirmation hearings for Judge Robert Bork, and spent much time locking horns with Jesse Helms on the Foreign Relations committee. His prescriptions for U.S. foreign policy have been sometimes controversial - he supports dividing Iraq into three autonomous regions, for example. But he is accepted as an expert and respected on both sides of the aisle...
Sunstein’s influence has also extended beyond the academic sphere. He has testified before the Senate during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Stephen G. Breyer and Robert H. Bork, as well as during the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton...
...preeminent Constitutional Law scholar, Tribe is often recognized for his role in the Senate's highly-publicized 1987 rejection of conservative judge Robert H. Bork, a Reagan nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court...
Ever since Robert Bork was defeated in his 1987 bid for a seat on the Supreme Court, liberals have feared that the court would turn right on the issues they care most about. And this was the year their fears finally began to be vindicated. As the first full term with both Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito came to a close, it became increasingly clear that in the post--Sandra Day O'Connor era, the center of the court has shifted several degrees to the right. Both Alito and Anthony Kennedy, who has emerged as the new swing Justice...
...played a key role in blocking President Reagan’s attempt to put staunchly conservative Robert Bork on the bench—a role that earned Tribe lasting enemies among Senate Republicans...