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Robert H. Bork dies at 85; pivotal figure in Supreme Court history

Robert H. Bork, the conservative legal champion whose bitter defeat for a Supreme Court seat in 1987 politicized the confirmation process and changed the court's direction for decades, died Wednesday. He was 85.

By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times

December 19, 2012

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