Yes, I still remember, decades later, that Ted Kennedy, came out and denounced “Robert Bork’s America” as a place where women will have back alley abortions, blacks to go the back of the bus, etc.
It’s easy to say both parties are responsible for politicization of the courts. But which party started it and wanted the courts to be a “super legislature”?
Yes, by definition the courts are in some way political because appointments are made by politicians. What got "political" for the worse is denying the opposing party their rightful appointments by prostituting the advice and consent process.