Word: bork
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...conservative judicial saint Robert Bork who once said that the morality of the law is framed by the legislators who make it, not the judges who interpret it. But what is the morality of Florida legislators who are rushing to enact a law so that the brother of their governor wins their state regardless of who really won the vote...
...Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 75, will step down first--then Bush would need another conservative just to stay even. Bush says abortion isn't a litmus test, but if it is, it would be almost impossible for him to win confirmation of two avowedly pro-life Justices (think Robert Bork). He would instead try to select stealth candidates who haven't expressed views on the issue (think David Souter). That can be tricky. Souter has been a disappointment to conservatives, leading some analysts to repeat the old saw that Justices often confound the expectations of the Presidents who pick them...
Moreover, just because the pool of judges in the appeals court contains more Reagan-Bush appointees than Carter-Clinton appointees doesn't mean that it will automatically take Microsoft's side. Judge Robert Bork, a former conservative member of the court, is now retained by Microsoft's opponents. "I looked at the case and went with the other side," he says. So did one other prominent G.O.P.-appointed judge--Thomas Penfield Jackson...
...strange world. Conservative critics (Robert Bork, for example) have said that it originated in the Big Bang of the '60s. But in a new book called "HOW WE GOT HERE - The 70s: The Decade That Brought You Modern Life (For Better or Worse)" (Basic Books, 418 pages, $25), David Frum offers a more interesting and more nuanced thesis...
...view that this is kind of a clean break with the past," said Levin. "I don't see a regulatory problem." He is undoubtedly right as a predictor of government (in)action. Which is to say the takeover will probably be the beneficiary of the Robert Bork-Chicago School efficiency theory of antitrust, which bloomed with Reagan and his deregulators...