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Robert H. Bork on law & life

By Alliance Alert

How different might things be today had the U.S. Senate honored two centuries of tradition and confirmed the impeccably credentialed nominee who was instead mugged by its Judiciary Committee? The question cannot be addressed without accounting for a silver lining. The Senate?s abysmal performance denied the nation a justice of towering intellect and abiding fidelity to the idea that is, or was, America. Yet it also unleashed Bork to pursue his true calling: He has become an unparalleled legal, moral, and ethical philosopher in a time dominated by a law-culture corrosive to moral and ethical moorings. The occasion for reflection on this legacy is upon us thanks to his latest book, A Time to Speak.[1] It is a rich collection, drawing eclectically on a half century of courtroom jousts, legal briefs, judicial opinions, and popular articles (some of which appeared in The New Criterion).

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on February 10, 2009 (boomark / email).