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Bork, whose failed nomination made history, dies

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Judge Robert Bork, nominated by President Reagan to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, is sworn before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill at his confirmation hearing in 1987. Robert Bork, whose failed Supreme Court nomination made history, has died.

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FILE — In this Sept. 15, 1987 file photo, Former President Gerald Ford, left, introduces Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Robert Bork, during Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings in 1987. Ford praised Bork as being "uniquely qualified" for the post.

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Judge Robert Bork, whose failed Supreme Court nomination made history, has died. He was 85.

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Robert H. 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. He was 85.