In a 1985 opinion, he argued against including sexual harassment as a form of job discrimination that is barred by the 1964 Civil Rights Act. President Reagan named Judge Robert Bork , III , as his replacement to the Supreme Court for retiring Justice Powell . Bork won a tough confirmation battle lead by liberal Senate Democrats . Bork , a Yale Law School graduate in the 60 's was appointed solicitor general in 1973 by President Nixon and then to the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1982 by Reagan . He earned a reputation as an intellectual leader of conservative legal thought through his prolific and forceful writings as a law professor and judge . He believes strongly in equity and a narrow judicial interpretation of law .
President Reagan named Judge Robert Bork , III , as his replacement to the Supreme Court for retiring Justice Powell . Bork won a tough confirmation battle lead by liberal Senate Democrats . Bork , a Yale Law School graduate in the 60 's was appointed solicitor general in 1973 by President Nixon and then to the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1982 by Reagan . He earned a reputation as an intellectual leader of conservative legal thought through his prolific and forceful writings as a law professor and judge . He believes strongly in equity and a narrow judicial interpretation of law .