User Clip: Robert Bork SCOTUS Nomination: Senate Results
The Senate votes to reject Robert H. Bork, to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 42-58.
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The Senate votes to reject Robert H. Bork, to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 42-58.
Warner (R-Virginia) was one of six Republican senators who voted against Ronald Reagan's nomination of Bork to the Supreme Court. The nominination was rejected, 42-58, on October 23, 1987.
even senators who seem to favor Bork vote against his nomination
The Senate on Oct. 23, 1987 rejected Robert Bork for the Supreme Court in a 42-58 vote announced by presiding officer Harry Reid (D-Nevada). announced
(Thoughts on Supreme Court nominee Bork)
Bork shifts the balance of the court from Judicial activism to restraint.
The beginning of the appointment process of becoming vitriolic and political
McClure gets about nine minutes on Bork nomination; enters full remarks in record, including "too bad old John Smith got Borked."