Robert H. Bork Index of Interview
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Index Attorney General’s Office, 1 Barnes v. Kline, 159 F.2d 21 (D.C. Cir .. 1984),judgment vacated by Burke v. Barnes, 419 U.S. 361 (1987), 6, 12 Bazelon, David L., 4, 8, 18 Bickel, Alex, 1 Black, Justice, 12 Bork, Robert Heron: Judicial philosophies: appeals of cases, 19 approach to law,· 13 “assembly line” process of judging, 4-5, 10 bench memos, 11 judges: age of, 5-6 isolation of, 3-4 oral arguments: caliber of, 15-16 time allotted, 16 value of, 11-12 relationships between Circuit and District judges, 14-15 Legal career (prior to judgeship): Kirkland & Ellis, 1-2 Solicitor General, 15-16 prison disciplinary case (Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974)), 15-16 Yale Law School, 1-2 Personal life: children, 1, 3 death of best friend (Alex Bickel), 1 death of wife, 1 on U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: anecdote about becoming a judge, 3-4 appointment, 1-2 associations with other Circuit judges, 3-4 confirmation process, 2-3 deciding cases, process of, 4-5, 11-13 Al ideological division of Court, 7-9, 18-19 law clerks: role of, 5, 11-12, 14 selection of, 13-14 memorable cases: Barnes v. Kline, 759 F.2d 21 (D.C. Cir. 1984),judgment vacated by Burke v. Barnes, 479U.S. 361 (1987), 6, 12 Dronenburg v. Zech, 741 F..2d 1388 (D.C. Cir. 1984), 19-20 Foreign Elec�ronic Surveillance Act case ( United States v. Belfield, 692 F.2d 141 (D.C. Cir. 1982)), 17 Lebron v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 749 F.2d 893 (D.C. Cir. 1984), 6-7 Oilman v. Evans, 750 F.2d 970 (D.C. Cir. 1984), 6, 12 panel composition, 16-17 relations with U.S. District Court judges, 14-15 Supreme Court, reversals by and adoptions of dissents by, 19 swearing-in ceremony, 3-4 teaching engagements, 17-18 Burger, Chief Justice, 8. Carter, Jimmy, 18 Chicago, 1, 17-18 Congress, U.S., 19 Dronenburg v. Zech, 741 F.2d 1388 (D.C. Cir. 1.984), 19-20 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 7 Fielding, Fred, 1 Foreign Electronic Surveillance Act case (United States v. Belfield, 692 F.2d 141 (D.C. Cir. 1982)), 17 Ginsburg, Justice, 3 Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), 20 Hand, Learned, 5 Justice Department, U.S., Attorney General’s Office, 1 Solicitor General’s Office, 15-16 Kirkland & Ellis, 1-2 Lebron v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 749 F.2d 893 (D.C. Cir. 1984), 6-7 Marshall, Justice Thurgood, 16 McGowan, Carl, 18 Mikva, Abner J., 3-4 Nebraska, 15-16 New Haven, 1-2 Nixon, Richard M., 7 Oilman v. Evans, 750 F.2d 970 (D.C. Cir. 1984), 6, 12 Prison disciplinary case (Wolffv. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974)), 15-16 Reagan, Ronald, 6, 7-8 A2 Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), 20 Rose, Jonathan, 1 Scalia, Justice, 6-7, 17, 20 Schmults, Ed, 1-2 Senate Judiciary Committee, 3 Smith, William French, 1 Solicitor General’s Office, 15-16 South Carolina, 1 7 Starr, Kenneth W., 6-7 .. Supreme Court, U.S., 7, 10-11, 19 Cases: Barnes v. Kline, 759 F.2d 21 (D.C. Cir. 1984),judgment vacated by Burke v. Barnes, 479 U.S. 361 (1987), 6, 12 Griswo/d v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), 20 prison disciplinary case (Wolffv .. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974)), 15-16 Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), 20 Justices: Black, 12 Burger, 8 Ginsburg, 3 Marshall, Thurgood, 16 Scalia, 6-7, 17, 20 Thurmond, Strom, 3 United States v. Belfield, 692 F.2d 141 (D.C. Cir. 1982) (Foreign Electronic Surveillance Act case), 17 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit: Hand, Learned, 5 U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: Caseload, 6, 9 Cases: Barnes v. Kline, 159 F.2d 21 (D.C. Cir. 1984),judgment vacated by Burke v. Barnes, 479 U.S. 361 (1987), 6, 12 Dronenburg v. Zech, 741 F.2d 1388 (D.C. Cir. 1984), 19-20 Foreign Electronic Surveillance Act case (United States v. Belfield, 692 F.2d 141 (D.C. Cir .. 1982)), 17 Lebron v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 149 F.2d 893 (D.C. Cir. 1984), 6-7 Oilman v. Evans, 150 F.2d 970 (D.C. Cir. 1984), 6, 12 Ideological division of Court, 7-9, ll 8-19 Judges: Bazelon, David L., 4, 8, 18 Burger, Warren E., 8 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 3 McGowan, Carl, 18 A3 Mikva, Abner J., 3-4 Scalia, Antonin, 6-7, 17, 20 Starr, Kenneth W., 6-7 Wilkey, Malcolm R., 4, 17 Wright, J., Skelly, 4, 18 Panel composition, 16-17 Visiting judges, 9-10 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 14-15 Wilkey, Malcolm R., 4, 1_7 Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 {1974) (prison disciplinary case}, 15-16 Wright, J. Skelly, 4, 18 Yale Law School, 1-2, 17 A4