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PBS NewsHour | Remembering Robert Bork: Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee | PBS

Duration: 03:59
Program: PBS NewsHour #10521
Broadcast Date: Dec. 19, 2012

Federal judge and former solicitor general Robert H. Bork died at age 85 of complications from heart disease. A World War II and Korean War veteran, he is best known for his failed nomination for a U.S. Supreme Court and his conviction that judges should interpret the Constitution with the founders' "original intent" in mind.

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Post Date: December 19, 2012