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Robert Bork: It -- what it does is recognize that the court is -- has become a political institution, not a legal institution.

On the recordJuly 18, 2005
It -- what it does is recognize that the court is -- has become a political institution, not a legal institution.
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Robert Bork

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Bork comments on how the confirmation process reflects the political nature of the Supreme Court.

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