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Judge Bork is not the conservative or liberal nominee.

He is America's nominee to the United States Supreme Court.

Hello and welcome to Whistel Stop, the podcast of the presidency, I'm John Dickerson, co-host of CBS this morning.

This is the second episode of our examination

of the nomination and defeat of Judge Robert Pork

to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

The judge's authority derives entirely from the fact that he is applying the law

and not his personal values.

That is why the American public accepts the decisions of its courts, accepts even decisions

that nullify the laws a majority of the electorate or of their representatives voted for.

Our whistle stop today is September 15th, 1987.

We are in the Senate Caucus Room in Washington, D.C.

And that voice you just heard was Associate Justice Designee

or Designate Robert Bork.

Starting off his five days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee

That was his opening statement that kicked off a total of 12 days of tense exchanges

between Bork and the witnesses called to stand up for him or rain down upon him.

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