Tired:
Conservative mantra: "It all started with Dems blocking Bork."
Wired:
The turning point was Reagan nominating Bork, the Nixon official who executed the Saturday Night Massacre and in 1963 opposed the Civil Rights Act as "unsurpassed ugliness."
A non-mainstream extremist.
Conservative mantra: "It all started with Dems blocking Bork."
Wired:
The turning point was Reagan nominating Bork, the Nixon official who executed the Saturday Night Massacre and in 1963 opposed the Civil Rights Act as "unsurpassed ugliness."
A non-mainstream extremist.
What today's conservatives don't admit:
1. Six Republicans voted No on Bork, including John Warner.
2. The Democratic Senate, which unanimously confirmed Scalia in 1986, then unanimously confirmed Anthony Kennedy... in 1988, during an election year.
Merrick Garland says hi.
1. Six Republicans voted No on Bork, including John Warner.
2. The Democratic Senate, which unanimously confirmed Scalia in 1986, then unanimously confirmed Anthony Kennedy... in 1988, during an election year.
Merrick Garland says hi.
Bork 1963 on Civil Rights Act:
"If I find your behavior ugly by my standards, moral or aesthetic, & if you prove stubborn about adopting my view, I am justified in having the state coerce you into more righteous paths. This is itself a principle of unsurpassed ugliness.”
"If I find your behavior ugly by my standards, moral or aesthetic, & if you prove stubborn about adopting my view, I am justified in having the state coerce you into more righteous paths. This is itself a principle of unsurpassed ugliness.”
If you are arguing for Trump's nomination by defending "unsurpassed ugliness" Bork, "Saturday Night Massacre" Bork, & criticizing the Dems & Republicans who voted him down...
You might be unwittingly (or wittingly) defending Trumpism, white nationalism, and the abuse of power.
You might be unwittingly (or wittingly) defending Trumpism, white nationalism, and the abuse of power.
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