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Robert Bork, Ronald Reagan's first appointment to the D.C. Circuit, is the favorite to fill the next opening on the Supreme Court during a Reagan presidency. As Solicitor General in the Nixon Administration, Bork came to public notice for firing Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox after Attorney General Elliot Richardson resigned rather than do the deed. Bork intended to resign after firing Cox but stayed on when Richardson told him, "If you quit, there will be no Justice Department...
...legal circles, Bork, 57, is well known for his preachments on judicial restraint. He believes that judges should not aggrandize their power by second-guessing other branches of Government. As Solicitor General he opposed court-ordered busing to integrate schools. As a Yale Law School professor, he often accused the federal Judiciary of reading individual rights into the Constitution that were neither explicit nor implied...
Those leaving Cambridge, on the other hand, will probably include Bromley Professor of Law Paul M. Bator. After spending the last 18 months as Deputy Solicitor General in the Justice Department, Bator was tapped by President Reagan for a federal appellate court judgeship...
Those leaving Cambridge, on the other hand, will probably include Bromley Professor of Law Paul M. Bator. After spending the last 18 months as Deputy Solicitor General in the Justice Department, Bator was tapped by President Reagan for a federal appellate court judgeship...
Those leaving Cambridge, on the other hand, will probably include Bromley Professor of Law Paul M. Bator. After spending the last 18 months as Deputy Solicitor General in the Justice Department, Bator was tapped by President Reagan for a federal appellate court judgeship...