Robert Bork
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Robert Heron Bork was an American legal scholar who served as solicitor general of the United States from 1973 until 1977. A law professor by training, he was acting United States Attorney General fro
Bork in 2005
Bork greeting President Gerald Ford in the Oval Office in June 1975
Bork (right) with President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in July 1987
Bork (right) with President Reagan in the White House residence in October 1987
On July 1, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to succeed Lewis F. Powell Jr., who had earlier announced his reti
Robert Bork
…1982 to 1988. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the Senate rejected his nomination after a contentious and highly publicized confirmation hearing. Bork was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and received both his undergraduate and legal education at the University of Chicago. After working at the…
President Ronald Reagan announces from the White House Press Room Bork's nomination on July 1, 1987
Senator Bob Graham of Florida presiding over the Senate during the vote on Bork's nomination
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