Carping chorus won't stop Bork

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: July 11, 1987| Author: Don Feder | Copyright information

That carping chorus of left-wing causists - America's self-appointed moral mentors - has ruled against Robert Bork's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The conservative jurist would - the chorus chimes - drastically restrict freedom of expression; breach the sacred wall of separation twixt church and state; resurrect back-alley abortions; trample the rights of minorities, women and three-fingered Finnish dwarfs, and roll back 50 years of progressive judicial rulings (that is, ac...

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