The Tempting of America
by Robert H. Bork
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Read in August, 2008
This is the HARDEST book I have ever tried to read and the back cover said it was the most understandable book ever written on the law. I gave up but I did learn some interesting things before I did. I learned that the high courts decision in Roe vs. Wade was not based on an explicit constitutional right but was distorted from the right to privacy. The author, a high judge in Washington D.C, claims that the courts are to interpret the Constitution not make laws. The laws should be made by th...more
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Read in October, 2007
Judge Bork outlines his concept of the judicail doctrine commonly called "Original Understanding" and the dangers inherent in judicial reasoning that is results oriented as opposed to the application of original principles and logic to the problem at hand with the result flowing from problem to solution as opposed to backward from desired political result. Dry reading that would only appeal to lawyers, judges or students of the law and politics.
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I read this book based on a recommendation from a lawyer friend. I am not aware of the cases / constitution to really appreciate Bork and his views.
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Read in November, 1998
scholarly look at constitutional law, also details his hearings
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