Robert Bork

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United States Solicitor General federal judge human jurist law professor legal scholar

Robert Bork was a conservative American jurist and legal scholar whose role in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre" and later failed Supreme Court nomination made him a highly controversial figure in U.S. legal and political history.

Aliases (2)

Robert Heron Bork ×1
Ronald Reagan (to D.C. Circuit) ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Solicitor General → federal judge → human → jurist → law professor → legal scholar →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Juris Doctor →
appointedBy	Ronald Reagan →
burialPlace	Fairfax, Virginia, United States →
causeOfDeath	heart disease →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1927-03-01 →
dateOfDeath	2012-12-19 →
dateOfSupremeCourtNomination	1987-07-01 →
dateOfSupremeCourtRejection	1987-10-23 →
educatedAt	University of Chicago → University of Chicago Law School →
employer	Yale Law School →
eventRole	fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox during the Saturday Night Massacre →
familyName	Bork →
fieldOfWork	antitrust law → constitutional law →
fullName	Robert Heron Bork →
givenName	Robert →
knownFor	failed nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court → originalism in constitutional interpretation → role in the Saturday Night Massacre →
memberOf	Republican Party (United States) →
nominatedBy	Ronald Reagan →
nominatedFor	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States →
nominationOutcome	rejected by the United States Senate →
notableIdea	consumer welfare standard in antitrust law →
notableWork	The Antitrust Paradox →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	judge → lawyer → professor →
participatedIn	Saturday Night Massacre →
placeOfBirth	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Arlington, Virginia, United States →
politicalAlignment	conservative →
positionHeld	Acting Attorney General of the United States → Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit → Solicitor General of the United States →
religion	Protestantism →
senateVoteResult	U.S. Senate rejected nomination 58–42 →
spouse	Claire Davidson Bork → Mary Ellen Pohl Bork →
taughtAt	University of Virginia School of Law → Yale Law School →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Robert Bork ("Robert Heron Bork") →	fullName
Saturday Night Massacre →	hasParticipant
Antonin Scalia ("Ronald Reagan (to D.C. Circuit)") →	nominatedBy