Robert Bork

Mitt Romney's Constitutional Advisor, Robert Bork, Continues the War on Women's Rights

Jamin Raskin | Posted 04.27.2012

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Jamin Raskin

Remarkably, Mitt Romney's key constitutional advisor wants to turn back the clock on Equal Protection jurisprudence by watering down the standards for reviewing sex-discriminatory laws.

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Mitt Romney's Secret Weapon for the Right: Robert Bork

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 04.23.2012

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Michael B. Keegan

In any sane election, Robert Bork would be the hidden crazy uncle or at least denounced as a political liability, but then again this hasn't been a sane election.

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Mike Sacks

Supreme Court's Women Celebrate 30 Years Of Female Justices

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The only four women to serve as Supreme Court justices gathered Wednesday night to celebrate Sandra Day O'Connor's pathbreaking arrival...

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Newt May Be Zany on the Courts, But Mitt Is Just as Dangerous

Jamin Raskin | Posted 02.18.2012

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Jamin Raskin

Lest any of Gingrich's recent statements drive anyone into the arms of Mitt Romney as some kind of moderate alternative to Gingrich on the judiciary, consider that Romney's new constitutional advisor is none other than former Judge Robert Bork.

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Romney's Bork Barrel Politics

Adam Winkler | Posted 10.10.2011

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Adam Winkler

Robert Bork is, in some ways, the intellectual leader of the Tea Party's legal vision. And that's exactly why Mitt Romney chose him. Having Bork head up his legal team sends a message that Romney is a True Conservative.

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Every Man His Own Historian

Stanley Kutler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stanley Kutler

The right's twist of history to please its backers and fuel its agenda is a vigorous enterprise. Serious history, serious scholarship and serious discussion of facts and ideas are dismissed with tunnel vision.

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Elena Kagan and the Right Wing Dog That Didn't Bark

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lincoln Mitchell

Kagan's imminent confirmation, like Justice Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation last year, demonstrates that when the White House is faced with contained and discrete political choices, they are able to make good decisions.

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Borking Barak: Why the Right's Newest Attack on Kagan Is Wrong

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aaron Zelinsky

This week, Republicans ramped up their newest attack on Elena Kagan: her praise in 2006 for Aharon Barak, Israel's former Chief Justice. This line of attack is as baseless as it is unsound.

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Robert Bork: Elena Kagan Unfit For Supreme Court Due To Pro-Choice Views

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Failed conservative Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork is joining anti-abortion activists to publicly oppose confirming Elena Kagan ...

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Choking at the Intellectual Feast

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Joseph

As I wrote previously, this weekend I'm attending the fascinating Renaissance Weekend in Santa Monica, an event which brings to mind that infamous Rob...

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Ted Kennedy: A Reason To Rejoice

Mark Dorlester | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Dorlester

Much is said today, as Senator Kennedy is memorialized, about his long and extraordinary service to our nation. But with all that, I rejoice today for a different reason.

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Sonia and the Supremes

Shawn Healy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shawn Healy

Given the alignment of stars in Sotomayor's strive for the Supremes, her sterling resume made confirmation all but inevitable.

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Forget Being "Borked," She's Been "Sotomayored"

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Frisch

It's clear the conservative press has little interest in ascertaining the veracity of right-wing smears against Sotomayor before advancing them.

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The Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor -- Can it Be a Teachable Moment?

Les Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Les Francis

We can hope that the confirmation process will be intense, spirited, and enlightening, and that Sotomayor -- and we -- will be spared the cheap, the tawdry, and the demagogic. We can hope, but we also should strive to make it so.

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The Ten Most Shocking Personal Moments of the Supreme Court

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Katie Halper

Everyone is speculating about the ways Sotomayor's personal background will compromise her judicial integrity. I mean, it's pretty hard to hold a gavel while eating arroz con pollo, let alone while having a vagina.

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Time for a New Antitrust?

Zephyr Teachout | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zephyr Teachout

We now have an economy that we don't understand and can't seem to control even when we want to.

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