The ABA s standing committee even qualified the legendary Robert Bork who later failed to be ratified by the senate. This humiliation for the Reagan administration cannot be directly blamed on the standing committee which passed Bork on a 11 to 4 vote. Regardless of the ABA s record in qualifying Republican judicial candidates there is paradoxical role that plagues the association. Clearly, no President with opposing ideological views would allow his judicial nominations to be qualified by an association with contradicting philosophical views. While the left bickers about this decision, it remains clear that this was a politically astute decision made by the Bush administration.
Israeli official admits confiscation of Arab land continues.
The republicans still searching for red meat in the Rich pardon.