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Bork's 1987 hearings on senators' minds
Jul 4 2005 5:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the eyes of still-bitter conservatives, Robert Bork is the symbol of the Senate's advice-and-consent power gone haywire. To liberals and the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Bork's confirmation hearings revealed extreme views that warranted rejection of the Supreme Court nominee.
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Presidents not always happy with justices
Jul 4 2005 4:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dwight D. Eisenhower called his Supreme Court appointments the "biggest damn fool mistake I ever made." Richard Nixon unwittingly named the future liberal author of Roe v. Wade. George H.W. Bush's choice now evokes a GOP grumble, "No more Souters!"
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