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Judge Robert Bork, one of the most qualified jurists ever nominated to serve on the United States Supreme Court, has died at the age of 84. Judge Bork, a retired member of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, was nominated to the highest court in the land by President Reagan.

He was defeated by the Democrat majority in the U.S. Senate and by the Democrat controlled Judiciary Committee. The opposition was led by Sen. Edward Kennedy who saw Bork as being "out of the mainstream of modern judicial thought"- rather ironic when you consider the source of the attack.

Eventually, Judge Bork's "seat" on the Court was filled by Justice Anthony Kennedy who presently serves as the Court's deciding vote in many cases.

It is also ironic that a person of Bork's stature and intellect was rejected and we now overwhelmingly confirm much lesser figures such as Sotomayor and Kagan. We are left with the stark reality that Obama could seriously shape the U.S. Supreme Court and the lower federal courts in the next four years. He will obviously do whatever he can to do so and this will probably be the most devastating outcome of his untimely reelection.

For those who pray for the continuence of our way of life, you better add a few petitions for the safety and health of Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas, Justice Kennedy, Justice Alito, and Chief Justice Roberts. They aren't perfect judicially (other than Scalia), but they are vital to a free society where one can protect the fruits of his labor.

that's why the overwhelming majority of the people in this country elected him