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Ronald Reagan: “My next nominee for the Court will share Judge Bork's belief in judicial restraint: that a judge is bound by the…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1987
My next nominee for the Court will share Judge Bork's belief in judicial restraint: that a judge is bound by the Constitution to interpret laws, not make them.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Statement on the Failure of the Senate to Confirm the Supreme Court Nomination of Robert H. Bork

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