CNS News - Judicial Confirmation ‘Hit a New Low’ with '87 Partisan Attacks on Bork, Top Legal Experts Say

By Pete Winn, CNSNews.com

One of America’s foremost experts on constitutional law says the death of Judge Robert H. Bork Wednesday is not only a cause for mourning for many, but should also be the cause for some soul-searching. . . .

Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, agreed with McConnell, saying liberals hated Bork -- precisely because he was the foremost exponent of judicial restraint.

“Robert Bork was “the father of the whole judicial restraint movement,” Sekulow told CNSNews.com. “He was a guy that not only had a correct judicial philosophy but also the correct judicial temperament and I think the Supreme Court lost a great opportunity when he was not confirmed.”. . .

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