Robert Bork dies

[Football_Bat]

Age 85.

http://www.nytimes.com/?smid=tw-bna&bna=2822

 

[Boom_70]

Shouldn't this be on the politics thread?

 

[Football_Bat]

If the mods want to put it there, fine.

 

[Dick Whitman]

No. This is law, not politics.

 

[21]

What we need is a Running Law Thread.

 

[Boom_70]

What we need is a Running Law Thread.

You should always run opposite of traffic

 

[UPChip]

What we need is a Running Law Thread.

"I Fought the Law, And the Law Runs"

 

[Armchair_QB]

He was good with Clients.

 

[Big Circus]

He was good with Clients.

Subtle, yet effective.

 

[printit]

The word privacy is still not in the Constitution. RIP.

 

[proudpittsburgher]

What we need is a Running Law Thread.

Yea, cause that will contain much more civil discussions...

Poster 1: I really think we need to look at gun laws after the Connecticut shootings
Poster 2: **** you and the horse you rode in on you tree-hugging *******.
Mod: Thread locked

 

[Armchair_QB]

What we need is a Running Law Thread.

You should always run opposite of traffic

And move to the right to let fast joggers pass.

 

[dooley_womack1]

I guess heaven saw that Abe Fortas and Clement Haynesworth were getting bored just talking with each other.

 

[qtlaw]

Abe Vigoda survives.

Mr. Bork represents to me the unfortunate turn for the worse of Senate confirmation of judicial nominees. Although I was not a huge fan of his views, he appeared to be a qualified nominee and should have been confirmed. Instead, we got Mr. Silence who's claim to fame is he got into law school under affirmative action yet rails against it. Instead of Bork being a reminder that the confirmation process should not be politicized, the parties have sadly become even more entrenched.

 

[doctorx]

Abe Vigoda survives.

Mr. Bork represents to me the unfortunate turn for the worse of Senate confirmation of judicial nominees. Although I was not a huge fan of his views, he appeared to be a qualified nominee and should have been confirmed. Instead, we got Mr. Silence who's claim to fame is he got into law school under affirmative action yet rails against it. Instead of Bork being a reminder that the confirmation process should not be politicized, the parties have sadly become even more entrenched.

Bork was a Reagan nominee who was ultimately replaced by Scalia, I believe -- either Scalia or Anthony Kennedy. Clarence Thomas was a Bush 41 pick some years later.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Abe Vigoda survives.

Mr. Bork represents to me the unfortunate turn for the worse of Senate confirmation of judicial nominees. Although I was not a huge fan of his views, he appeared to be a qualified nominee and should have been confirmed. Instead, we got Mr. Silence who's claim to fame is he got into law school under affirmative action yet rails against it. Instead of Bork being a reminder that the confirmation process should not be politicized, the parties have sadly become even more entrenched.

Bork was a Reagan nominee who was ultimately replaced by Scalia, I believe -- either Scalia or Anthony Kennedy. Clarence Thomas was a Bush 41 pick some years later.

Correct.

Clarence Thomas took over the Thurgood Marshall seat. He was the first nominee in that process, and was ultimately confirmed.

 

[printit]

Abe Vigoda survives.

Mr. Bork represents to me the unfortunate turn for the worse of Senate confirmation of judicial nominees. Although I was not a huge fan of his views, he appeared to be a qualified nominee and should have been confirmed. Instead, we got Mr. Silence who's claim to fame is he got into law school under affirmative action yet rails against it. Instead of Bork being a reminder that the confirmation process should not be politicized, the parties have sadly become even more entrenched.

Bork was a Reagan nominee who was ultimately replaced by Scalia, I believe -- either Scalia or Anthony Kennedy. Clarence Thomas was a Bush 41 pick some years later.

Bork was replaced by Kennedy, who was the third choice. The second was, I believe, Douglas Ginsburg (sp) who stepped aside when it was revealed that he had smoked marijuana (yes, people actually used to care about that).

 

[zagoshe]

Robert Bork probably is the guy who tipped the scales forever and ensured we will never get another Supreme Court judge appointed and approved based on merits and qualifications.

It is hilarious to me how one side declares there should not be a "litmus test" for Supreme Court justices - then puts their own nominee through a series of litmus tests to make sure they will rule on law their way.

It is no longer about the law and almost 100 percent about politics.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Robert Bork probably is the guy who tipped the scales forever and ensured we will never get another Supreme Court judge appointed and approved based on merits and qualifications.

It is hilarious to me how one side declares there should not be a "litmus test" for Supreme Court justices - then puts their own nominee through a series of litmus tests to make sure they will rule on law their way.

It is no longer about the law and almost 100 percent about politics.

And we can thank the partisan hack Democrats who railroaded Bork for that.

 

[zagoshe]

And we can thank the partisan hack Democrats who railroaded Bork for that.

Yeah, pretty much, though in the years since then both sides have been pretty idiotic in this area.