The Failed Nomination of Robert Bork [TEASER]
5-4
Prologue Projects
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Robert Bork, a Regan nominee to the Supreme Court, showed the depth of his reactionary views during his confirmation hearings, and as a result, was voted down. That kicked off three decades of conservative whining and moaning and retribution, which continues to haunt us today. This is why we drink.
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| 1:11.0 | On this week's Premium episode of 5 to 4, Peter, Rianne, and Michael are talking about |
| 1:15.9 | Robert Bork. |
| 1:17.4 | Bork is best known as a failed Reagan nominee to the Supreme Court. |
| 1:21.5 | Democrats were joined by six Republicans in voting against his confirmation in 1987. |
| 1:26.6 | The standard Republican line on Bork that his experience before the Senate is the reason |
| 1:31.1 | the Supreme Court came politicized, as if the lawmakers who voted against him were motivated |
| 1:35.9 | by something other than his stated beliefs and his record as a legal thinker. |
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