Mary Ellen Bork
| Robert Bork | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
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In office February 9, 1982 – February 5, 1988 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Carl McGowan |
| Succeeded by | Clarence Thomas |
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United States Attorney General Acting |
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In office October 20, 1973 – December 17, 1973 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Elliot Richardson |
| Succeeded by | William Saxbe |
| Solicitor General of the United States | |
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In office March 21, 1973 – January 20, 1977 |
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| President |
Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Erwin Griswold |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Friedman (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
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Robert Heron Bork March 1, 1927 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 19, 2012 (aged 85) Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Davidson (1952–1980) Mary Ellen Pohl (1982–2012) |
| Education | University of Chicago (BA, JD) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Marine Corps
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| Battles/wars |
World War II Korean War |
Robert Heron Bork (March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012) was an American judge and legal scholar who advocated the judicial philosophy of originalism. Bork served as a Yale Law School professor, President Nixon's Solicitor General, Acting Attorney General, and a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It was during his tenure as Solicitor General that he obeyed Nixon's order to fire the Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, who was investigating the Watergate break-in.
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated him to the Supreme Court, but the U.S. Senate rejected his nomination.
Bork was acclaimed also 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.
Bork was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was Harry Philip Bork, Jr. (1897–1974), a steel company purchasing agent, and his mother was Elisabeth (née Kunkle; 1898–2004), a schoolteacher. His father was of German and Irish ancestry, while his mother was of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) descent. He was married to Claire Davidson from 1952 until 1980, when she died of cancer. They had a daughter, Ellen, and two sons, Robert and Charles. In 1982 he married Mary Ellen Pohl, a Catholic religious sister turned activist.
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