tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2646532069718400619..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Catch of the DayJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-74370081376687211052012-12-22T17:45:26.272-06:002012-12-22T17:45:26.272-06:00For a good, concise takedown of Bork, read this po...For a good, concise takedown of Bork, read <b><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/why-robert-bork-didnt-belong-on-the-supreme-court-in-85-words/266553/" rel="nofollow">this post</a></b>by Conor Freidersdorf. I'd forgotten how menacing he was, but the comments brought it back.ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-22146155763199030272012-12-21T11:57:41.486-06:002012-12-21T11:57:41.486-06:00Exactly, I'd also say that Bork's behavior...Exactly, I'd also say that Bork's behavior during the Saturday Night Massacre we less that awe inspiring. Indeed for someone who styled himself as this great moral voice he acted with a great deal of Realpolitik back in the fall of '73. Bork's terrible performance during his confirmation hearings also shouldn't be discounted, he said things that were massively unpopular and as a result lots of senator's voted against him, because his views were massively unpopular with there constituents. That's called democracy. My favorite was his criticism of the Griswold decision that threw out the decades old law in Conneticut that made all forms of contraception, even those used by a married couple under the advice of a physician, illegal. Bork pretty much argued that there was no difference between states making laws like that and states making laws regulating pollution from factories. That might be a interesting argument to make in a law school class, but making it on national television proved to be a poor choice.longwalkdownlyndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173899547449318257noreply@blogger.com