During an August 1982 fundraising reception, Ford stated his opposition to a constitutional amendment requiring the US to have a balanced budget, citing a need to elect "members of the House and Senate who will immediately when Congress convenes act more responsibly in fiscal matters."[185] Ford was a participant in the 1982 midterm elections, traveling to Tennessee in October of that year to help Republican candidates.[186]
In January 1984, a letter signed by Ford and Carter and urging world leaders to extend their failed effort to end world hunger was released and sent to Secretary-General of the United Nations Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.[187]
In 1987, Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of District of Columbia Circuit Court judge and former Solicitor General Robert Bork after Bork was nominated by President Reagan to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.[188] Bork's nomination was rejected by a vote of 58–42.[189]
In 1987, Ford's Humor and the Presidency, a book of humorous political anecdotes, was published.
