One of the Seven Good Judges, Robert Bork passed away on this date, December 19, 2012. In loving memory of him, Force 1109 will post his Pro-Death Penalty Quote of the week.
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Robert Bork |
QUOTE:“Just as the legislature legitimately may conclude that capital punishment deters crime, so it may conclude that capital punishment serves a vital social function as society’s expression of moral outrage.” (Robert Bork, brief for the United States in Gregg v. Georgia before the U.S Supreme Court)
AUTHOR:Robert BorkA.K.A Robert Heron Bork (March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012) was an American legal scholar who advocated the judicial philosophy of originalism. Bork served as a Yale Law School professor, Solicitor General, Acting Attorney General, and a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In 1987, he was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan, but the Senate rejected his nomination. Bork had more success as an antitrust scholar, where his once-idiosyncratic view that antitrust law should focus on maximizing consumer welfare has come to dominate American legal thinking on the subject.
