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In reply to the discussion: Robert Bork Dead: Former Solicitor General And Supreme Court Nominee Dies At 84 [View all]yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)21. Bork was the guy who fired Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox
In Oct 1973 when Nixon ordered AG Elliot Richardson to fire Archibald Cox over the Watergate tapes he refused and resigned instead. Then the deputy AG William Ruckleshaus also resigned rather than carry out the order. Next in line was Soliciter General Bork, who carried out the order - which was later ruled an illegal act in a lawsuit filed by Ralph Nader. So spare no tears for the failure of Bork to get confirmed for the SCOTUS. His enabling of Nixon to continue to flout the law let the Watergate saga drag on for another 9 months. Had Bork refused Nixon's order it may well have triggered a constitutional crisis which could have forced Nixon to resign much earlier.
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Robert Bork Dead: Former Solicitor General And Supreme Court Nominee Dies At 84 [View all]
brooklynite
Dec 2012
OP
yet another who reminds me of that wonderful adage your Mom told you growing up...
hlthe2b
Dec 2012
#1
Because of the BORK rejection at the SC this hyper-partisanism in courts got started....
swayne
Dec 2012
#13
How many people are so bad, their names become part of the English language for something not good?
RC
Dec 2012
#25
Instead of Bork we got Anthony Kennedy. Not a liberal by any means, but at least a swing vote.
yellowcanine
Dec 2012
#26
Now I can rest easy knowing this man will never sit on the supreme court.
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#34
For some reason, I do not feel any pangs of sympathy for Bork, the Cox-sacker!
Nanjing to Seoul
Dec 2012
#39
Get ready for all the right-wing hagiographies about how he was unfairly smeared by Ted Kennedy,
FVZA_Colonel
Dec 2012
#49
The Dream Lives On! Teddy smiling from up in heaven, Bork and his viewpoints now in Hell
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#52
Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster that this nut never got the chance to wreak havoc
bullwinkle428
Dec 2012
#67
Whenever I heard Borks named I always thought of the assistance he provided Nixon in
cstanleytech
Dec 2012
#72