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Bork Hearings Resurface as Impediment to Specter
by bucy at 10:31 am EST, Nov 11, 2004 |
] WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 - Many liberal women have never
] forgiven Senator Arlen Specter for his pointed
] questioning of Prof. Anita F. Hill, whose accusations of
] sexual harassment against Judge Clarence Thomas, then a
] Supreme Court nominee, riveted the nation. But
] conservatives have never forgiven him for crossing party
] lines to defeat another Supreme Court nominee, Judge
] Robert H. Bork. Look up Bork if you've never heard of him before (I couldn't
find something to blog immediately) ... he was nominated to
the Supreme Court towards the end of Reagan's presidency. |
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RE: Bork Hearings Resurface as Impediment to Specter
by Decius at 11:28 am EST, Nov 11, 2004 |
bucy wrote:
] ] WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 - Many liberal women have never
] ] forgiven Senator Arlen Specter for his pointed
] ] questioning of Prof. Anita F. Hill, whose accusations of
] ] sexual harassment against Judge Clarence Thomas, then a
] ] Supreme Court nominee, riveted the nation. But
] ] conservatives have never forgiven him for crossing party
] ] lines to defeat another Supreme Court nominee, Judge
] ] Robert H. Bork.
]
] Look up Bork if you've never heard of him before (I couldn't
] find something to blog immediately) ... he was nominated to
] the Supreme Court towards the end of Reagan's presidency. Often cited as the sorce of the slang "its borked" to refer to something broken. |
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The New York Times - Bork Hearings Resurface as Impediment to Specter
by Decius at 11:45 am EST, Nov 11, 2004 |
] Emboldened by their role in re-electing President Bush,
] conservatives are making Mr. Specter - whose brusque
] independence has earned him the nickname Snarlin' Arlen
] on Capitol Hill - a test case of their political power.
] As they try to keep Mr. Specter, a centrist Pennsylvania
] Republican who supports abortion rights, from heading the
] Senate Judiciary Committee, they are demanding a steep
] concession: support for changing a century-old Senate
] rule that permits judicial nominations to be blocked by
] filibuster. Republicans continue to unravel the checks and balances. |
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