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- Birth nameRobert Heron Bork
- Robert Bork is an American judge, government official and legal scholar who served as the Solicitor General of the United States from 1973 to 1977. A professor at Yale Law School by occupation, he later served as a judge on the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1982 to 1988. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the U.S. Senate rejected his nomination.
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- SpousesMary Ellen Pohl(October 30, 1982 - December 19, 2012) (his death)Claire Davidson(1952 - December 8, 1980) (her death, 3 children)
- Professor of law at Yale University (1962-1973, 1977-1981).
- U.S. Solicitor General (1973-1977).
- Judge for federal Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1982-1988).
- He was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, but the nomination was rejected by the Senate on a 58-42 vote after extraordinarily contentious hearings.
- He was responsible for conducting what it was known as the "Saturday Night Massacre" on the evening of October 20, 1973, when president Richard Nixon ordered the firing of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox who was investigating the Watergate scandal. When Attorney General Elliot Richardson refused to carry out the order and resigned in protest, and then Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus also resigned without firing Cox, Bork followed Nixon's order and fired Cox. Later on, Nixon promised to nominate Bork for the Supreme Court but with his resignation from office in the following year he never fulfilled with his intent.
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