Bork's Appetite Is Whetted For Place on Supreme Court Series: THE SHAPING OF ROBERT H. BORK Series Number: 3/3

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 28, 1987| Author: Dale Russakoff; Al Kamen | Copyright information

Robert H. Bork's return to Yale in January 1977 was not a happy one. Alexander Bickel, his colleague and closest friend had died three years before. His wife, Claire, was waging a valiant, but losing, battle with cancer. Moreover, he missed Washington, a city that had captivated him like none other.

For perhaps the first period of his life, he was detached-almost biding time, putting aside the credo that Bickel had handed down to him, "Wreak yourself upon the world!"

Many of h...

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