Judge Robert Bork, one of the fathers of the modern judicial conservative movement whose nomination to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate, is seeking $1,000,000 in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages, after he slipped and fell at the Yale Club of New York City. Judge Bork was scheduled to give a speech at the club, but he fell when mounting the dais, and injured his head and left leg. He alleges that the Yale Club is liable for the $1m plus punitive damages because they "wantonly, willfully, and recklessly" failed to provide staging which he could climb safely.

As my compatriot r (who is the supernicety, in these parts) says, "everyone wants tort reform until they are hurt."

The level of cognitive dissonance this kind of thing should create in Bork's brain ought to be sufficient to cause hemorrhages. Instead, selfishness and hypocrisy make such people capable of spewing forth about the evil of trial lawyers without even a hint of introspection.

What a fucking piece of work.

ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: Leading Conservative Activist Seeks Punitive Damages