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(To Republicans, "getting Borked" means being unfairly rejected based on ideology, which they say happened when Democrats quashed Bork's court nomination).
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The late Senator Ted kennedy villified Bork in a hateful attack Speech that led to Bork's witdrawl for consideration.
Kerry endorses in PA despite spectre of 'swift boat' tactics 2010
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That may not be enough to lower suspicions about Romney on the far right, but it should be enough to convince liberals and independents to be worried -- unless, of course, they want someone with Robert Bork's views sitting on the Supreme Court.
Adam Winkler: Romney's Bork Barrel Politics Adam Winkler 2011
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He was nominated by Ronald Reagan in 1987 but the Senate rejected his nomination after a contentious debate that focused on Bork's archconservative legal views.
Adam Winkler: Romney's Bork Barrel Politics Adam Winkler 2011
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Judge Robert Bork's controversial 1987 Supreme Court hearings, where the term "getting Borked" originated, are here.
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Shrum points out that Bork's problem were that his opinions were repellent.
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Ted Kennedy, Bork's chief antagonist in the Senate, might have found that task particularly unpleasant a year after sending Brennan a 50-year-old bottle of Irish whiskey to mark his eightieth birthday.
Seth Stern: When Ideology in Supreme Court Confirmations Goes Too Far Seth Stern 2010
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The fact that Brennan had so much to lose from Bork's confirmation only reinforced his singular standing.
Seth Stern: When Ideology in Supreme Court Confirmations Goes Too Far Seth Stern 2010
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In this way, Ms. Kagan reveals she is one of Bork's Babies, a product of the searing battle that resulted in the Senate's rejecting Ronald Reagan's Supreme Court nominee Judge Robert H. Bork in 1987.
Will Bunch: Along Came "Jones": Why My Generation Isn't Saving the World 2010
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"They examined every article, every speech, every decision, every statement that Robert Bork ever made and put together the book on Bork -- and that was literally and figuratively the foundation" for Bork's rejection by the Senate, said Ralph Neas, the former executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, who chaired the Block Bork coalition.
William L. Taylor, 78; Washington lawyer, champion of civil rights 2010
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