Bork brouhaha belittles court

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: July 3, 1987| Author: Editorials | Copyright information

President Reagan's nomination of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Robert Heron Bork to the Supreme Court sets the stage for one of those epic clashes of left and right distinguished more for their passion than for intellectual enlightenment.

Activists of conservative and liberal stripe have weighed in with their instant verdicts on the wisdom or folly of the appointment, a measure of the conviction of ideologues that they alone possess truth and light.

Meanwhile, one mig...

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