Tonight's PBS Frontline: Supreme Revenge

[misanthrope]

Inside the no-holds-barred fight for control of the Supreme Court of the United States. From Robert Bork to Brett Kavanaugh, FRONTLINE investigates how a 30-year-old grievance transformed the court and turned confirmations into bitter, partisan conflicts.

[jberryhill]

1. Odd how nobody credits Biden for stopping Bork

Everyone seems to have a crystal clear memory of the Thomas nomination, but doesn’t seem to remember the political capital that was expended to keep Bork off the court.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. K & R

[pecosbob]

3. I remember it well

as well as the introduction to our slang vocabulary of the term 'borked'.

[misanthrope]

4. In my opinion Bork relinquished eligibility for SCOTUS

when he carried out Nixon's demands to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. He knew damn well what standards he transgressed as revealed in his later ruminations.

[pecosbob]

5. Absolutely

I'm a dumbass and even I realize that the appearance of impartiality is more important to rule of law than true impartiality which I don't think really exists. Without that appearance, our country's raison d'etre is a lie and all just another money-grubbing scam.

[misanthrope]

6. Absolutely

But our electorate is apparently more comfortable than ever with the naked admission of the nation as a "money-grubbing scam" as evidenced in the POTUS they elected in 2016.

[pecosbob]

7. Sad but true

[misanthrope]

8. This show reveals why I think Mitch McConnell

should be ranked beside J. Edgar Hoover as one of the most nefariously influential people to ever inhabit the Beltway. The damage he has facilitated in this nation will be deep and long-lasting.