Bork, Whose Failed Supreme Court Nomination Made History, Dies at 85

Robert Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and whose failed 1987 nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural fights over abortion, civil rights and other issues, has died.

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