What if Robert Bork was nominated to the High Court?

[Snickering Hound]

Bork has been dead for over 3 years.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Bork couldn’t find the RKBA in the 2nd Amendment.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Ted Kennedy, the swimmer, got off. No fight in the GOP.

[bigdaddy45]

Well the fact that he’s dead might cause a problem.

[eyedigress]

What if Judge Roberts was swept up in a tornado while mowing his lawn? I don’t know.

[Hardastarboard]

I’ve heard the same. Not sure he would have been all that great on other issues, given that he missed the clear and obvious intent of the Second Amendment.

[Billthedrill]

Well the fact that he’s dead might cause a problem.

I dunno. Can anyone prove to me that Ruth Ginsberg is still alive?

[nikos1121]

REpublican presidents without a doubt have picked the worse people. I wouldn’t go with the Bork analogy.

I go with the picks themselves.

Look at them.

John Paul Stevens by Gerald Ford
Sandra Day O’Conner by Reagan
Kennedy by Reagan
John Roberts by Bush

[1Old Pro]

Wasn’t Souter a GOP pick too?

[Billthedrill]

The Dems pick ideologues, the Republicans pick compromises. It really isn’t much more complicated than that. Although, I will say that Gorsuch may have broken that mold. Time will tell.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I’ve often thought that Ted Kennedy did one good thing while seated in the Senate.

[doug from upland]

WEEKEND AT BERNIES on the Supreme Court.

[nikos1121]

Yes, by George Bush

[fwdude]

Bork has been dead for over 3 years.

That's a static assessment. The question would be would he have died when he did if he had been confirmed to serve?

A lot of variables would have played into his health.

[Lazamataz]

Bork hated the Second Amendment. Glad he didn’t make it.

[dfwgator]

Then this meme probably never happens.....

[nikos1121]

Rehnquist was appointed as an associate judge then became chief justice when Burger stepped down. How can that happen? Is it the president’s decision who he replaces?

[fwdude]

I think the Supreme Could could have accepted a court case on redefined marriage much sooner with Bork on it, leading to a favorable decision for morality.

They were playing hard-to-get for several years on this issue, if you remember.

[fwdude]

Unlike many SC justices, Bork was moving steadily right, so it’s not a sure thing that he would be against the RKBA during his tenure. After all, he was pro-abort at one time as well.

I’ve found that political ideology is fairly self-affirming and monolithic, otherwise it conflicts with itself. You can’t find a staunchly pro-life person who isn’t also pro-2nd.