Robert H. Bork stood before the nation's highest court as a lawyer, making him the first defeated Supreme Court nominee ever to argue before its justices. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Wednesday night to approve his nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who occupies the seat that eluded Bork, directed a few questions at Bork. They questioned him vigorously, as did Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who occupies the seat that eluded Bork. Bork is only the sixth man this century to be denied a Supreme Court seat by the Senate and the twenty-sixth in its history.
Robert H. Bork stood before the nation's highest court as a lawyer, making him the first defeated Supreme Court nominee ever to argue before its justices. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Wednesday night to approve his nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court. They questioned him vigorously, as did Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who occupies the seat that eluded Bork. Bork is only the sixth man this century to be denied a Supreme Court seat by the Senate and the twenty-sixth in its history.