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Proud liberal 80

(4,392 posts) Mon Jun 12, 2017, 07:57 PM Jun 2017

If Robert Bork had been confirmed for the SCOTUS [View all]

The current court would be 5-4 in favor of the liberal wing. Obama would have replaced Bork. Yes Kennedy has been less radical than Bork would have been, but what major rulings would have been different if it was Bork instead of Kennedy.

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If Robert Bork had been confirmed for the SCOTUS [View all] Proud liberal 80 Jun 2017 OP

Jesus, pass that shit over. nt Persisted Jun 2017 #1

But in 1992 Robert Bork would have joined with 4 other justices to overturn Roe vs. Wade. StevieM Jun 2017 #2

Thanks! Proud liberal 80 Jun 2017 #3

Obergefell, for one. yardwork Jun 2017 #7

they often time their retirments dsc Jun 2017 #4

I don't know Proud liberal 80 Jun 2017 #5

Obama wasn't allowed to replace Scalia. The spot was vacant a year. yardwork Jun 2017 #6

When Bork died Proud liberal 80 Jun 2017 #8

He might not have died then if he were on the SC. yardwork Jun 2017 #9

Bork was not qualified...and Obama was denied one justice why not two? Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #10