Robert Bork was a brilliant professor and one of the most divisive figures in recent American history.
He also has been described as a person with a large brain and a small mind. Conservatives who mourn the fact that Bork was not confirmed as a justice on the Supreme Court don't often point out that six Republican senators voted against his confirmation. And two Democratic senators voted for. That was on the floor vote. In the committee on judiciary, Republican Senator Simpson also voted "no."
Here is a link to a segment of Bork's senate confirmation hearing. The exchange is between Bork and Senator Kennedy. The intellectual level of exchange far exceeds anything we hear these days.
Lawyer, author and legal analyst Jeff Toobin expresses a less-favorable picture of Robert Bork.
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