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- verb Present participle of
bork .
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apparently there are on a few on this board dont remember abe fortas or carswell, or some other nixon appointees; although the term borking starts with Kennedy, there appears to be considerable precedent for treating judicial nominations as political footballs.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Are Democrats Short-Sighted on Judges?
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Put aside the irony of Bork "borking" a Supreme Court nominee.
Aaron Zelinsky: Borking Barak: Why the Right's Newest Attack on Kagan Is Wrong
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In the years after the Saturday Night Massacre, a well-known joke said that "borking" was "firing a man for doing exactly what he was hired to do" i.e.
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This group, determined among other things to block conservative nominees to the Court, had come to power by "borking" Judge Robert Bork in 1987 and now was trying to "bork" Clarence Thomas too.
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Democrats resumed their highly partisan attacks with all three of Bush's nominees including the attempted "borking" of Clarence Thomas.
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Democrats resumed their highly partisan attacks with all three of Bush's nominees including the attempted "borking" of Clarence Thomas.
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We would never think of "borking" one of their candidates.
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In addition to "borking" URLs, Bork! can also selectively block undesired web pages, images,
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Democrats resumed their highly partisan attacks with all three of Bush's nominees including the attempted "borking" of Clarence Thomas.
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Democrats resumed their highly partisan attacks with all three of Bush's nominees including the attempted "borking" of Clarence Thomas.
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