Monday, January 12, 2004
Dateline: Courtrooms?
Bork, meanwhile, told the members of the Catholic Lawyers'
Guild that he fears the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a
decision similar to the SJC's November ruling.
The famously upended Supreme Court nominee said that the
SJC's 4-3 decision would have been "inconceivable" to John
Adams, the architect of the Massachusetts Constitution. He
also said the ruling was based on "arguments that did not
rise above the quality of a late-night philosophy session
in a dormitory."
"We are no longer a government of laws," he said, "but one
of four lawyers wearing robes."
Guild that he fears the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a
decision similar to the SJC's November ruling.
The famously upended Supreme Court nominee said that the
SJC's 4-3 decision would have been "inconceivable" to John
Adams, the architect of the Massachusetts Constitution. He
also said the ruling was based on "arguments that did not
rise above the quality of a late-night philosophy session
in a dormitory."
"We are no longer a government of laws," he said, "but one
of four lawyers wearing robes."
