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...There arose the charge that Bork was not a conservative but an extremist," he said. "That demonstrated that the whole recent conservative movement was actually extremist also, that it was to overturn the real traditional values...
...York City. Mayor Ed Koch, who suffered a probike mood in 1980 and had bike lanes built, had them eliminated a few months later. By this year Koch had become so antibike that he banned the cycles from several major Manhattan avenues. The state supreme court in Manhattan overturned the ban last month, but did not overturn Police Commissioner Benjamin Ward's opinion about the city's pedalers. "They are scaring the public to death," says Ward, "and we've got to do something about...
...area of sharp scrutiny was the respect Bork would give to prior decisions with which he disagreed. Under questioning from Committee Chairman Joseph Biden, Bork tried to lay to rest fears that he would seek to overturn liberal court decisions. Said he: "A judge must give great respect to precedent." In his previous writings, he has said that the court should be careful about reversing decisions when that would disrupt large bodies of established laws and practices. The cases he usually cited involved decisions relating to interstate commerce, but last week he declared this view would apply to First Amendment...
...Senate' s verdict on the controversial nominee could affect the course of American law and society well into the 21st century. -- Bork' s intellectual odyssey has led him from socialism to an iconoclastic conservatism. -- The judge has criticized many landmark decisions, but would he try to overturn them? -- How changed court majority might affect abortion. See NATION...
...decision striking down laws prohibiting abortion, almost 20 million pregnancies have been terminated in the U.S. Robert Bork believes that ruling is without foundation. His opinion chills women's groups and cheers right-to-life supporters, who expect Bork to become part of a new court majority that will overturn Roe. That outcome, however, is far from certain...