Robert Bork: “It's a position of enormous power. It's a power that can't be checked…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2004

It's a position of enormous power. It's a power that can't be checked by the political branches or by the people.

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Robert Bork

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Bork explains the unchecked power of judges and how it can lead to activism.

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

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It's a terrible way to confirm justices. What it does is recognize that the court has become a political institution, not a legal institution.

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I think the Supreme Court is generally kind of out of control. They are making up the constitution.

Robert Bork: “It's a position of enormous power. It's a power that can't be checked by the political branches or by the people.”