Word: jurists
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe '62, who recently testified against Bork, said the committee's recommendation not to confirm Bork as retiring Justice Lewis F. Powell's successor erases any chance the conservative jurist still may have had to serve on the High Court...
Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba '53 also hailed the Senate committee's vote against the conservative jurist...
Thus if Specter goes against Bork, the committee will probably vote 8 to 6 to send the nomination to the Senate with an unfavorable recommendation. If Specter comes out in favor of the controversial jurist, the committee will most likely be deadlocked 7 to 7, with no recommended outcome...
President Reagan this summer nominated the conservative jurist to replace retiring Justice Louis F. Powell, who had been the Court's swing vote in many key cases. Liberal organizations are working to prevent Bork's confirmation, charging he will circumvent crucial civil rights decisions and set back the clock of progress...
...Minority Leader Robert Dole will head the fight on Bork's behalf. The three key swing votes on the committee: Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Democrats Howell Heflin of Alabama and Dennis DeConcini of Arizona. Last week DeConcini still did not know what to make of the controversial jurist. "I have read so much," he told TIME. "Sometimes he sounds like a moderate. At other times he seems -- well, his approach seems so odd. I think he and the nation are both entitled to a full hearing and explanation...