Why the controversy surrounding Judge Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court? The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday night in favor of a motion by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) He believes in judicial restraint, sticking with legal principle rather than what is "good" or "moral" or "right" within current activists' social, economic or criminal-justice agendas. Bork says the job of a judge is to understand the principle that the framers were trying to protect and apply that principle in today's circumstances, always protecting the value or the freedom that the framers were trying to protect --- and not some new freedom.
Why the controversy surrounding Judge Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court? Is it because he makes "neutral-principled" decisions based on established law irrespective of who may win or lose? He believes in judicial restraint, sticking with legal principle rather than what is "good" or "moral" or "right" within current activists' social, economic or criminal-justice agendas. Bork says the job of a judge is to understand the principle that the framers were trying to protect and apply that principle in today's circumstances, always protecting the value or the freedom that the framers were trying to protect --- and not some new freedom.