Word: bork
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Robert O. Bork '89 agreed, and said that the movies offered tend to be classics of his type such as "Mad Max" and the "Road Warrior...
...other hand," said Bork, "it's sometimes hard to get a block of time for two movies, one after the other, so the availability of double features doesn't necessarily mean that I'll see more movies overall...
...recent election, Bork continued, "many cruel and damaging things were said," some of which "may well meet the law's standards for actual malice --reckless disregard for the truth." But "we would be astonished and highly disapproving if the defamed candidate brought an action for libel...
...past few years, a remarkable upsurge in libel actions, accompanied by a startling inflation of damage awards, has threatened to impose a self- censorship which can as effectively inhibit debate and criticism as would overt government regulation." Bork also sees "evidence mounting that juries do not give adequate attention to limits imposed by the First Amendment," and when this is so, judges "should take cases from juries...
...Bork obviously hoped to start a dialogue on the subject. Judge Scalia agreed on the problem but not on the solution: "What a strange notion that the problem of excessive libel awards should be solved by permitting, in political debate, intentional destruction of reputation--rather than by placing a legislative limit upon the amount of libel recovery...