Robert Bork’s Supreme Court nomination

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

President Reagan's nomination of conservative Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, the highest power in the US, has alarmed liberals and heartened far-right Republicans.

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Fri 18 Sep 198721:00
BBC Radio 4

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