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Senator Bob Graham of Florida presiding over the Senate during the vote on Bork's nomination. On October 23, 1987, the Senate rejected Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court by a vote of 42–58. [28] Altogether, two Democrats and 40 Republicans voted in favor of confirmation, whereas 52 Democrats and six Republicans voted against. [30] [31]
Robert Heron Bork (March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012) was an American legal scholar who served as solicitor general of the United States from 1973 until 1977. A professor by training, he was acting United States Attorney General and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1982 to 1988.
The Senate rejected this nomination by a vote of 24–33. [17]: 54 Grant successfully nominated Joseph Bradley for the seat. [4] Grant also nominated Edwin M. Stanton, former Attorney General and Secretary of War to the court. [17]: 79 The nomination was eventually confirmed, but Stanton died before he was commissioned. [18]
The 1795 Rutledge nomination was the first Supreme Court nomination to be rejected by the Senate; the most recent nomination to be voted down was that of Robert Bork in 1987. [3] George Washington holds the record for most Supreme Court nominations, with 14 nominations (12 of which were confirmed).
In 1988, Biden presided over the nomination of Robert Bork for which he earned praise by conducting the hearings in a fair and good-humored manner. Bork's nomination failed in front of the ...
Bork's nomination was rejected in the committee by a 9–5 vote, [24] and then rejected in the full Senate by a 58–42 margin. [25] On October 23, 1987, the Senate rejected Bork's confirmation, with 42 senators voting in favor and 58 voting against.
Bork’s failed nomination yielded the concept of “Borking,” which refers to the allegedly unfair treatment of a judicial candidate. Since then, most judicial nominees have been far more ...
The next in line, Solicitor General Robert Bork, complied with Nixon’s directive and fired Cox. At the time, I was an Assistant Special Watergate Prosecutor under Cox.