In this year's Emory v. Secretary of the Navy, Judge Bork ruled for a black Navy captain who wanted to sue the promotions board. Distortions of Judge Bork's unambiguous civil-rights record are a lie. As an Appellate Judge for the District of Columbia, never did he render an opinion less sympathetic to minority or women's rights than the Supreme Court. Furthermore, his opinions are among the circuit's most notable rulings. As Solicitor General Bork argued more pro- civil rights cases than any Supreme Court nominee since Thurgood Marshall. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund supported him in 9 of the 10 cases where they both filed briefs. In fact, it was Bork, not Justice Thomas, who wrote the majority decision that struck down segregation at public schools and colleges across the country. " How can this be?
Distortions of Judge Bork's unambiguous civil-rights record are a lie. As an Appellate Judge for the District of Columbia, never did he render an opinion less sympathetic to minority or women's rights than the Supreme Court. Furthermore, his opinions are among the circuit's most notable rulings. As Solicitor General Bork argued more pro- civil rights cases than any Supreme Court nominee since Thurgood Marshall. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund supported him in 9 of the 10 cases where they both filed briefs. In fact, it was Bork, not Justice Thomas, who wrote the majority decision that struck down segregation at public schools and colleges across the country. " How can this be?