Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America

Bronner, legal affairs reporter for the Boston Globe , has written an excellent account of Robert Bork's unsuccessful nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The selection of Bork, whose previous judicial decisions restricted the scope of individual liberties, was a central part of the Reagan administration's shift away from 1950s and 1960s approaches to civil rights. Bronner uncovers conflicts in Bork's legal positions and how these disparities led to major controversies in the Senate hearings. The nomination also mobilized an effective grass-roots anti-Bork campaign and caused infighting between the White House and Justice Department. A clear presentation of a legally and politically complex situation. BOMC selection.-- Steve Puro, St. Louis Univ . Library Journal.