[Alberta's Child]

Had Bork joined the AG and Dep. AG, the next in line would have been a civil servant, and likely would have created what Richardson and Ruckleshouse dubbed a "constitutional crisis." Source: private conversation with Richardson and Ruckleshouse.

If either of those two are still around and you have the opportunity to speak with them, you might want to ask them why they didn't think about this before they submitted their own f#%&ing resignations. What kind of principled stand was that supposed to be? "I'm resigning because I don't want to fire this guy, but I want you to stick around to fire him because otherwise it might be a 'problem.'"

[CDB]

If either of those two are still around and you have the opportunity to speak with them, you might want to ask them why they didn't think about this before they submitted their own f#%&ing resignations. What kind of principled stand was that supposed to be? "I'm resigning because I don't want to fire this guy, but I want you to stick around to fire him because otherwise it might be a 'problem.'

I agree. Total lack of a "principled stand." Pure ego. They left Bork "holding the bag." That's what I find so disgusting, and a bad rap for Bork.