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In book published after his death, Bork says Nixon made offer of next Supreme Court vacancy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whitehouse/in-book-published-after-his-death-bork-says-nixon-made-offer-of-next-supreme-court-vacancy/2013/02/25/b941a7cc-7f96-11e2-a671-0307392de8de_story.htmlWASHINGTON — Robert Bork says President Richard Nixon promised him the next Supreme Court vacancy after Bork complied with Nixon’s order to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox in 1973.
Bork’s recollection of his role in the Saturday Night Massacre that culminated in Cox’s firing is at the center of his slim memoir, “Saving Justice,” that is being published posthumously by Encounter Books. Bork died in December at age 85.
Bork writes that he didn’t know if Nixon actually, though mistakenly, believed he still had the political clout to get someone confirmed to the Supreme Court or was just trying to secure Bork’s continued loyalty as his administration crumbled in the Watergate scandal.
President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork to the high court in 1987. The nomination failed in the Senate.
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