“Conservatives . . . may decide to join the game and seek activist judges with conservative views. Should that come to pass, those who have tempted the courts to political judging will have gained nothing for themselves but will have destroyed a great and essential institution. . . . There are only two sides. Either the Constitution and statutes are law, which means their principles are known and control judges, or they are malleable texts that judges may rewrite to see that particular groups or political causes win.”
Quote by Robert Bork
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Robert Bork
Robert Bork (March 1, 1927 - December 19, 2012) was a prominent American legal scholar and political commentator. He served as the United States Assistant Attorney General and a judge on the United States Court of Appeals. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated him as Attorney General of the United States, but his nomination was rejected by the Senate. Bork is known for his conservative legal views and his interpretation of constitutional originalism. more