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...Justice Ginsburg. At the very least, liberals can take comfort in the make-up of the rogue's gallery which virulently opposed his nomination after Bork's bid went down to defeat in the Senate. Anyone who could so arouse the wrath of Ed Meese, Jesse Helms, Orrin Hatch and Strom Thurmond...
...about something else, the talent to pat-a- cake thoughts into little mouthfuls suitable for stopwatch programming. Of all the Senators and Congressmen on exhibit in recent televised hearings, Teddy Kennedy has the most undentable carapace. Many who watched the Bork hearings concluded that Kennedy and Utah's sycophantic Orrin Hatch vied in giving the worst performances. Yet Kennedy dominated the evening news coverage by crafting his wild charges into the little sound bites so dear to news producers...
...Orrin Hatch of Utah said, "If we politicize the judiciary of this country...we will lose one of the most valued liberties and freedoms...
...Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), lavished praise on Bork and said he emerged from the hearings with more honor than his critics...
...addition to Biden and Kennedy, criticism of Bork in the Judiciary Committee is likely to come from Paul Simon, who, like Biden, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination. Bork's most fervent support will come from two conservative Republicans, South Carolina's Strom Thurmond and Utah's Orrin Hatch. Later, when the issue reaches the Senate floor, 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...