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To: RnMomof7
Just keep in mind, this is a Republican court.

That's not quite fair. Two of the Justices that joined the Opinion of the Court are Clinton-appointed liberals. Of the other seven judges, four dissented (Rehnquist - Nixon; O'Connor - Reagan; Scalia - Reagan; Thomas - Bush) and three joined the Opinion of the Court (Stevens - Ford; Kennedy - Reagan; Souter - Bush). The real tragedy is Kennedy -- because Bork should have written the Opinion of the Court and it then would have been 5-4 the other way. Hard to blame the Republicans for Bork's defeat -- except of course for Arlen Specter.

24 posted on 03/01/2005 9:13:40 AM PST by You Dirty Rats (Mindless BushBot)
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To: You Dirty Rats

Well, there were four other Republicans who voted against him -- Packwood (OR), Chafee (RI), Stafford (VT), and Warner (VA).


47 posted on 03/01/2005 9:46:46 AM PST by mdwakeup
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