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Bork: There’s Nothing Alarming About Sotomayor’s Record, But I Still Oppose Her
Wonk Room — ... In an interview with conservative columnist Stuart Taylor, Jr., failed Reagan Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork claims that the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is a “bad mistake” because it is “unusual to nominate somebody who states flatly that she was the beneficiary of affirmative action.” Strangely, however, Bork admits that he cannot cite a single decision by Sotomayor, a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, which suggests she is inadequate to the task of serving on the Supreme Court: ...

Robert Bork Discusses Judge Sotomayor
Southern Appeal — Newsweek has an interesting Q&A with Robert Bork regarding Judge Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Here are some of the questions and answers I found interesting: Newsweek: Is there a principled definition of what judicial activism is? Bork: Sure. A judge is an activist when he announces principles or reaches results that cannot plausibly be related to the actual Constitution.… Newsweek: Your own confirmation hearing in 1987 is often called a watershed for the process. Bork: It wouldn’t have been but for the fact that I looked like the fifth vote to overrule ...

Judge Bork on Abortion
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] Judge Bork gave a fascinating interview to Stuart Taylor Jr. for Newsweek about the Sotomayor nomination. It s well worth a read for a number of reasons for example, he cautions Republicans that a filibuster would be unwise. But I want to draw special attention to what he said about abortion. Taylor asked him, Was it your view that the law on abortion should be left totally to the democratic process? Here s Bork s response: I oppose abortion. But an amazing number of people thought that I would outlaw abortion. They didn t understand that not only did I have no desire ...

Greatest living legal scholar?
Balloon Juice — Robert Bork is really a bit of whack job.