I found this information interesting when trying to learn more about Robert Bork on Sunday night:
The Sad Legacy of Robert Bork
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/the-sad-legacy-of-robert-bork/266456
Excerpt:
Throughout the long history of court appointments, confirmations had rarely been detailed affairs. In 1962, for example, John F. Kennedy appointee Byron White was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee for all of 11 minutes. In fact, it wasn’t until 1925 that a Supreme Court nominee (Harlan Fiske Stone) even appeared before the committee and it was another 14 years before a second (Felix Frankfurter) did so.
The travesty visited upon Robert Bork was a warning shot across the bow: the DemonRats would defend their "right" to murder the unborn with ferocity and great energy. It is a rallying point and a useful tool the Left will always cherish to keep the minorities as exactly that.
To this day, the Democrats hold Ted Kennedy in the highest regards. They call him the “Lion” of the Senate. All the while, he was banging every intern in the building. He often showed up on the floor of the Senate so drunk he could barely speak. Before he turned 38, he had already been responsible for the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, and had left her drowning overnight while he slinked back home. The indignant left is accusing Kavanaugh of being an alcoholic abuser because of having beer in high school and college (oh the shame of it). They have one thing right - Kavanaugh is no Ted Kennedy.