Robert Bork's contributions to American law were vast and varied, and yet in this sad hour of his passing, I find myself thinking first of his jokes. Despite their reputation, lawyers can be funny ...

Robert H. Bork, the conservative jurist who fired Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox during the “Saturday Night Massacre” in 1973 and whose failed nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Robert Heron Bork was born in Pittsburgh in 1927 and attended the University of Chicago Law School, where his conservative leanings were forged. He was a Marine Corps veteran.

Robert Bork passed away yesterday at the age of 85. A more decent man it would be hard to find. That was, of course, not what was being said about him when President Reagan nominated him for the ...

To Bork, or not to Bork? For Senate Democrats, that is the question. For those unfamiliar with borking, the term — officially recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002 — refers to ...

Stanley Kutler defends Robert Bork's involvement in the Watergate scandal. Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to dismiss Cox. The special prosecutor had sought a subpoena for Nixon ...

Mitt Romney has a Robert Bork problem. OPINION - If you are judged by the company you keep, then Mitt Romney is an extremist for choosing Robert Bork as his top judicial adviser ...

Robert Bork, nominated by President Reagan to the Supreme Court, is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing, Sept. 15, 1987.

“Borking,” explained: why a failed Supreme Court nomination in 1987 matters. Robert Bork’s Supreme Court hearings changed politics — but not how you might think.

Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, apparently seeking to counter fears that he would try to reverse critical Supreme Court decisions on constitutional rights, told the Senate Judiciary Committee ...

Many of those who oppose Judge Robert Bork`s appointment to the Supreme Court, myself included, oppose him because of his position on issues that are extremely important to women and other minority… ...

Republicans believe the Robert Bork fight in 1987 justifies their anti-Obama Supreme Court blockade now. Here's why that doesn't make any sense.