Bork stood before the nation's highest court as a lawyer, making him the sixth defeated Supreme Court nominee ever to argue before its justices. There was no mention of his this century nomination fight as Bork engaged in debate with the justices and opposing lawyers over the complexities of international banking, federal law and related matters. Bork was treated much the same as any attorney who appears before the justices. They questioned him vigorously, as did Justice Anthony M. Kennedy , who occupies the seat that eluded Bork . Bork is only the first man this century to be denied a Senate seat by the Senate and the twenty-sixth in its history.
Bork stood before the nation's highest court as a lawyer, making him the sixth defeated Supreme Court nominee ever to argue before its justices. There was no mention of his this century nomination fight as Bork engaged in debate with the justices and opposing lawyers over the complexities of international banking, federal law and related matters. They questioned him vigorously, as did Justice Anthony M. Kennedy , who occupies the seat that eluded Bork . Bork is only the first man this century to be denied a Senate seat by the Senate and the twenty-sixth in its history.